A Corpus Christi by Francesco Boneri

A top quality painted Corpus Christi on a wooden cross painted by Francesco Boneri, called Cecco da Caravaggio. Cecco del Caravaggio (active c. 1610 – mid-1620s), is the notname given to a painter who worked in Rome in the early decades of the 17th century and was an important early follower of Caravaggio (1571–1610). Art historians suggest nowadays he may have been a Flemish, French or Spanish Caravaggist but more recently some have identified the artist with Francesco Boneri (or Buoneri) In his work the artist responded in a very individual and original manner to Caravaggio’s naturalism. Material: wood and paint. Italian, dated 17th. Century

Provenance
Private collection Mr. E. C. from Mechelen, Belgium, 2005, Dick Meijer Antiquities, Amsterdam 2005. Private collection Mr. Tom Lenders, Amsterdam, estate auction house de Zwaan Amsterdam 2019.

Size
The cross, height 33 cm., width 16 cm.

Price
On request

Condition
Good

Condition
Good