01 Painting, Religious Art, Francesco Guarino’s Saint Anthony Abbot and the Centaur, with footnotes # 51
Saint Anthony Abbot and the Centaur, c. 1642
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 by 26 in.; 44.5 by 66 cm.
Private collection
Sold for 40.625 USD in Jan 2011
The life of St Anthony Abbot was popularised during the thirteenth century by Jacopo da Voragine’s Golden Legend. Towards the end of his life, while on his way to visit St Paul the Hermit, who lived in the wilderness, St Anthony met a centaur who showed him the path to take. It is curious to see a religious scene interrupted by an element from Greek mythology. More on this painting
Anthony the Great c. 12 January 251–17 January 356), was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony the Hermit, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the Desert Fathers and to all later Christian monasticism, he is also known as the Father of All Monks. His feast day is celebrated on 17 January among the Orthodox and Catholic churches and on Tobi 22 in the Coptic calendar. More on Anthony the Great
Francesco Guarino or Guarini (1611–1651 or 1654) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in the mountainous area east of Naples. He was born in Sant’Andrea Apostolo, today a frazione of Solofra in the Province of Avellino, Campania, and died in Gravina di Puglia. He was a pupil first locally of his father, Giovanni Tommaso Guarino, before moving to Naples to work in the studio of Massimo Stanzione. In Naples, like many of his contemporaries there, he was influenced by the style of Caravaggio. In his selection of models who appear to have been plucked from the streets of Naples, he recalls the style of Bernardo Cavallino, the fellow-pupil of Stanzioni. Among his masterpieces are the works for the Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo in Solofra. More on Francesco Guarino
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