Italian art historian Silvia Danezi Skuartsina An unknown painting by Caravaggio.
According to the researcher, the picture may be represented by Augustine of Hippo, also known as St. Augustine - a philosopher, theologian and holy Catholic and Orthodox churches. Danezi Skuartsina described through the work of Caravaggio as a fairly large, but stressed that information on the canvas is now quite a bit. The fact that the painting is in private collections, where the owner lives in Italy.
The existence of this painting art learned through archival documents pertaining to the collection of an Italian nobleman Vincenzo Giustiniani. He lived in the XVI-XVII century, that is, was a contemporary of Caravaggio. That Dzhustiani one of the first began to collect works by the artist.
According to documents examined by Silvia Danezi Skuartsinoy, considered the canvas was on the meeting Dzhustiani a signed work of Caravaggio.
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