UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active in 1610s in Naples)

St John the Baptist

1610-15
Oil on canvas, 136 x 99 cm
Private collection

This painting clearly pertains the naturalistic language that developed following the Caravaggesque revolution of the early seventeenth century. The language informing the painting reflects the specific Neapolitan milieu following the overpowering presence of Caravaggio in the city between 1606 and 1610, The painting was executed by an anonymous Neapolitan Caravaggesque painter.