Samian Sibyl

Samian Sibyl

Onofri was a pupil in Rome of Gaspard Dughet

almost as if by accident

but if guided by Concupiscence it would lead to harmful effects

and their works are not always easy to separate

the Holy family leave Bethlehem by night for Egypt

probably the first of the King done by Van Dyck after his arrival in London

The return of Pieter van Laer

for example

Some of the elements in this sketch and in the final painting seem to reference motifs by Paolo Veronese (the angels lifting the grave's lid)

would imply a date after 1653

bustling seaport is effectively a 'capriccio' - a scene invented by the artist by juxtaposing selected elements in order to obtain heightened stylistic effects and atmospheres

The attribution remains uncertain