Ancient painting with a religious subject, oil on canvas, 18th century.

Oil painting on canvas. Central Italian school of the 17th century. In its pictorial style, the painting recalls the work of Angelo Caroselli (1585-1652), a Roman Baroque artist who was a painter, copyist, restorer, but also a pasticheur and art connoisseur, meaning a creator of paintings "in the manner of" - in the "technique" and "style" of a specific artistic period or a specific author, even going so far as to assemble "parts" taken from different paintings. Initially Caravaggesque, Caroselli later developed his own personal artistic language, which was copied by many minor artists. In this work, the fixed and almost exasperated expressiveness of the character stands out, whose elegance in 17th-century attire and almost feminine features of the rosy complexion contrast with the brutality of Goliath's head, bloodied, with the large wound from a weapon that stands out against the deathly pallor. The painting has been restored and re-canvas, while retaining the original wooden frame. It is presented in a contemporary wooden frame.