Live Auction 4936Old Masters & British Paintings
Circle of Carlo Saraceni (Venice 1579-1620)
Lot 65

Circle of Carlo Saraceni (Venice 1579-1620)

Saint Nicholas interceding and saving a rider and his horse from falling into a precipice

Closed4 May 2012

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GBP 6,000

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Circle of Carlo Saraceni (Venice 1579-1620)
Saint Nicholas interceding and saving a rider and his horse from falling into a precipice
oil on panel
11 x 16½ in. (28 x 42 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 December 1990, lot 378.

Specialist note

A cycle of frescoes in the cathedral in Udine by Vitale da Bologna and his studio depict several of the many miracles ascribed to Saint Nicholas, including one that shows the saint saving a rider from falling into a precipice. It is possible, then, that the present composition also represents this lesser-known miracle of Nicholas.