Bidspirit auction | Francesco Trevisani (Capodistria, 1656 -

Francesco Trevisani (Capodistria, 1656 - Roma, 1746) Attributed to - Oil on canvas cm. 123x97. Framed The painting is on first canvas and bears a brush inscription on the original frame: ”THIS PAINTING IS A GIFT OF MONSIG. LEONARDI BISHOP OF ASCOLI TO [...] LORENZO GERALDINI”. The painting bears a clear formal relationship to the figure of San Pietro che battezza il centurione Cornelio, now in the Pinacoteca Civica in Iesi, a preparatory sketch for one of the mosaic lunettes decorating the vestibule of the Cappella del Battesimo in San Pietro in the Vatican. Provenance: Private collection, Umbria.