Felice Cervetti (torino 1718/1779)

THE GALLERY OFFERS TRIPTYCH ON THE LIFE OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL A RARE TESTIMONY BY MASTER FELICE CERVETTI, A STUDENT AND COLLABORATOR OF SEBASTIANO CONCA THE THREE WORKS COME FROM THE ENGRAVINGS OF MASTER GERARD SCOTIN AS DID THE ROYAL PAINTER JEAN-FRANÇOIS de TROY ALSO DO. THE WORKS IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF THE SAINT, CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT REFORMER OF CHARITY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHO LATER ALSO BECAME ADVISOR AND CONFESSOR TO KING LOUIS XIII. HIS DISCORDANCES WITH CARDINAL MAZZARINO ARE FAMOUS. N1 SAINT VINCENT ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE WAR OF RELIGION IN FRANCE WITH "DAUGHTERS OF THE CHARITY" No. 2: SAINT VINCENT ON THE DEATHBED OF LOUIS XIII WITH QUEEN ANNE OF AUSTRIA, LITTLE LOUIS XIV, AND PHILIP No. 3: THE COUNCIL OF CONSCIENCE WITH CARDINAL MAZZARINO, LOUIS XIV, ANNE OF AUSTRIA, AND PIERRE SEGUIER ALL THREE ON FIRST CANVAS WITH CONTEMPORARY, UNCUT STRETCHES AND FRAMES... H 165CM X W 130CM