1700 – 1799 Italian Old Master Fine Portrait of St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas of Tolentino (1245-1305) Italian School, 1700 – 1799 oil painting on canvas, canvas: 10 x 8 inches provenance: private collection, Germany Very fine and rare 1700 – 1799 Italian Old Master oil painting, depicting the 13th century Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (1245-1305). The painting is a fine example of the Baroque genre. Depicted in black regalia, with his attribute of the lily in the right hand and the book on the altar, in the 16th-19th centuries St. Nicholas, as one of the emergency helpers for freedom and daily bread, was one of the most revered saints of the period.