Travi

Delicate oil on canvas attributed to Sestri, a recognized master of 17th-century Ligurian landscape painting. The scene takes place in an idealized landscape at sunset, dominated by classical ruins, vegetation, and a city in the background, rendered with sharp atmospheric perspective. In the center of the composition, Christ, accompanied by a disciple, heals the blind man by touching his eyes. The narration is contained but intense, framed by an architectural setting that combines classical elements and ruins, in a pictorial style that recalls the Arcadian taste of Flemish derivation. The painting shows the typical luministic sensitivity and chromatic delicacy that characterize Travi's production, a pupil of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione and influenced by the Nordic school. Height: 36 cm width: 49 cm