This painting was inspired by the artist's teacher, Sebastiano Conca, and by a predecessor, Annibale Carracci, the master he most admired.

Gaetano Lapis is one of the foremost Counter-"Reformation" painters. Of all of his images, this one is the most difficult to scan because of the delicate, misty-like quality and the alabaster tones in the figures' features. Sharpening for display on the web diminishes the work, rather than enhances.


 





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