New Exhibit: Iconography in Post-Reformation Italy and Pagan Art

Decouvert Fine Art is pleased to participate in the Trois Crayons event, On Paper: Drawings from the Renaissance to the Modern Day Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Austin, Texas October and November 2026.
Our exhibit of drawings created between 1600 to 1755 are related to three important altars in Florence and Verona, and one mysterious pagan subject.

Thanks to Julien Stock, Xavier Salomon, Miles Chappell, Elizabeth Pelliod, Timothy Standring, Enrico Dal Pozzolo, Diana Gisolfi, and Isabelle Ostertag for their guidance in creating a fuller understanding of the pieces exhibited. We’ve included their insights in the full descriptions.

VERONESE’S CLOSE CIRCLE
 PROPOSED IDEA FOR THE LOWER HALF OF THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. GEORGE ALTAR IN BRAIDA                                                                      
 c. 1550–1560
Pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white on blue paper laid down on Skippe mount
11 x 14 in. (281 x 355 mm)

 

CRISTOFANO (AKA CRISTOFORO) ALLORI
(Florence 1577–1621 Florence)
STUDY FOR NOBLE FIGURE IN THE DELL’ANTELLA ALTARPIECE IN THE BASILICA della SANTISSIMA ANNUNZIATA, FLORENCE
c. 1600-1605
Red chalk on prepared paper
15⅜ x 10 ⅝ in. (390 x 270 mm)

GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE
(Genoa 1609–1664 Mantua)
TWO WOMEN APPEARING TO A WOMAN NEAR A BURNING ALTAR
c.1659-1662
Pen and sepia ink, with wash and brushed gray wash on cream laid paper
10.11 x 14.25 in (257 x 362 mm); Framed 22.5 x 19 in

Watch video for an introduction to this drawing.

CHARLES-JOSEPH NATOIRE
(Nimes 1700–1777 Castel Gandolfo)
STUDY OF LUCA GIORDANO’S ST. BERNARND’S APPARITION OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN ST. LUKE’S CHAPEL, BASILICA della SANTISSIMA ANNUZIATA, FLORENCE
c. 1750-1755
Red chalk on paper
16 ½ x 10 ¾ in. (417 x 276 mm); Framed 26½ x 20 1/4