Antonio Marinetti known as Chioggiotto
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ANTONIO MARINETTI known as 'il Chiozzotto' (Chioggia, 1719-Venice, 1796) Saint Francis in ecstasy oil on canvas, 46x36 provenance: antiques market his stylistic code in the rendering of the figures that appear well defined in mystical expressiveness. in this canvas certainly destined for private devotion, St. Francis in a position of transport towards the holy spirit that appears to him, he rests on a rock well rendered by vigorous brushstrokes where the skull, the book, the stick and a basket are highlighted: a small nature dead that characterizes the whole composition. the Marinett