Nicola Malinconico (Naples 1663-1721)

We are grateful to Nicola Spinosa for identifying this bozzetto as the work of Nicola Malinconico (written communication, 26 November 2014), who at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries was becoming increasingly receptive to the art of Francisco Solimena after working in a style heavily influenced by that of Luca Giordano.