Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck
Belgium,18th Century or Earlier
After/Follower/Circle of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) Christ on the cross with St. Catherine of Siena and St. Dominic with a putto. Original painted by Dyck after responding to the request made by his dying father in 1622, Anthony van Dyck completed this work for the Dominicans, who nursed the old man and had proven to him "seeker prints and loyalty". The altarpiece was completed before 1629 and from then on adorned the church of the monastery until it was dissolved in 1783. Original now housed in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Oil on canvas,Canvas 21 3/4" x 17",Frame 25 3/4" x 21"
Annotated within image on rock "NE PATRIS SVI MANIBVS TERRA GRAVIS ESSET HOC SAXVM CRVCI ADVOLVEBAT.
Professionally restored and conserved by the Avery Gallery, Marietta, Georgia. From the collection of an Uxbridge, Massachusetts gentleman.