
Poppy Harvey-Jones
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Pentiments are evident in the present work where the artist has lowered the surface of the Christ child's hair; and where Saint John's cross has been shifted to the right.
We are grateful to Dr. Karin Wolfe for suggesting that the present painting is by an artist familiar with the work of Francesco Trevisani but that the technique and touches of red in the depiction of the flesh tones suggest closer affinities with the work of Sebastiano Conca. (1676-1764). A similar composition, on copper, 30.48 x 22.86, for example, was sold at Christie's, London, 9 December, 2005, lot 212.