Artista fiorentino, metà XVII secolo

Oil on canvas

cm. 118x91,5. Framed

The painting is on its original canvas.

This previously unknown, high-quality painting, still unattributed, combines Caravaggesque naturalism with the classical elegance of Guido Reni, along with echoes of Lanfranco, Simon Vouet, and Claude Vignon. The refined depiction of David, lavishly dressed and mysteriously detached, contrasts with the violent act he has just committed, represented by Goliath’s severed head. The painting’s stylistic sophistication and polished execution suggest Florentine masters active between the 1640s and 1660s, such as Cesare and Vincenzo Dandini, Carlo Dolci, and Baldassare Franceschini (il Volterrano).