Early 17th century style, untitled religous study features draped shepard  with staff in one hand and the book of the word in the other. Sheep gazes up as if strayed from a flock. Latin letters ANVI DEI mean "The Word of God." Re-stretched linen on canvas includes frame. Canvas measures 37.34" high x 28.3/4" wide.

Subject of the New Testament

The following is a report from Value My Stuff

Date: c.17/18th Century

Value: $4,000 - $6,000

The overall style and type of canvas points to the likely execution in France, I feel that this is an example of a talented provincial hand, the handling and modelling somewhat less refined, however the overall composition seems sophisticated and exceeding the execution. See for comparison the body of Christ in the Kinnaird Resurrection one of the first preserved works of Raphael in which he dispays his natural dramatic style of composition, as opposed to the delicate style of Pietro Perugino. The painting possesses an esthetic influence from Pinturicchio and Melozzo da Forli, the composition with its tendency for movement begins to reveals Raphael's knowledge of the Florentine artistic movement of the 1500s.This present example certainly with the influence of northern Italian schools of the fifteenth century. The present work an early work possibly c.17th century, this composition possibly inspired by the highly expressive religious art of see: Donatello and Andrea Mantegna and also Zoppo, Marco (1433 - 1498). The ascetic figure of Christ strides boldly forward from the scene of his resurrection. With his banner Christ beckons the spectator to participate in the realm of miracle. This iconic disposition of the figure suggests that the image may have also played a role in private devotion. There appears to be severe over-painting and or unsympathetic Restoration, which at this stage make the panel predominantly decorative.This aninteresting historical piece.  The above valuation is done by Value My Stuff .