RUTILIO MANETTI (1571-1639)
St Gerard in ecstasy
c.1612-8RCIN 903498
Manetti trained under the two leading painters in Siena, Ventura Salimbeni and Francesco Vanni, and from them he adopted the technique of drawing in monochrome oils. This is a final study for his fresco in the small oratory of Santi Ludovico e Gherardo in Siena.
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