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A bearded man holds and looks down at an open book as a winged angel holds a feather pen and an inkwell in this vertical painting. Both are shown from the waist up against a peanut-brown background, and both have pale skin. The man’s body faces us, though his shoulders are angled slightly to our left. He is balding, with a rim of gray, curly hair, and a full, grayish-white beard. His forehead is heavily wrinkled, and there are hollows under his high cheekbones. A marine-blue cloth drapes across his shoulders over a brick-red garment. He braces the book with one hand so the fingers hook over…
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Saint Matthew and the Angel

Simone Cantarini (Pesarese, 1612 - 1648)

c. 1645/1648

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 116.8 x 90.8 cm (46 x 35 3/4 in.) ; framed: 146.1 x 119.4 x 8.3 cm (57 1/2 x 47 x 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
Bolognese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Gift of James Belden in memory of Evelyn Berry Belden
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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