SUBLEYRAS, Pierre
(b. 1699, Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, d. 1749, Rome)

Mass of St Basil

1743
Oil on canvas, 134 x 80 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

This painting is a large-size model for the altarpiece executed for the St. Peter's but transferred to the Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome. This altarpiece is the masterpiece of the artist.

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Gregor Joseph Werner: Vesperae de Confessoris - Iste confessor