ALFONSO PATANAZZI (Urbino, 1636 - 1720) Saint Lucy Oil on panel, 42X32 cm Inscribed on the verso: by Alfonso Patanazzi from Urbino Bibliography: A. M. Ambrosini Massari, A. Delpriori, Capriccio e natura. Arte nelle Marche del secondo Cinquecento. Percorsi di rinascita, exhibition catalogue, Cinisello Balsamo 2017, p. 108, fig. 19 Active in the Urbino area, Alfonso Patanazzi was descended from a family of ceramists working mainly for the ducal court, while his father Vincenzo was a painter and decorator. The artist's production was clearly influenced by the examples of Federico Barocci, Claudio Ridolfi and, during his maturity, the Caravaggism of Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri. This is particularly evident when looking at the panel presented here, which Ambrosini Massari judged to be of 'exquisite beauty and quality', depicting the Saint in the guise of a 'portrait from life' and marked by a sincere naturalism. Reference bibliography: L. Vanni, Alfonso Patanazzi, in Nel Segno di Barocci, allievi e seguaci tra Marche, Umbria, Siena, exhibition catalogue edited by A. M. Ambrosini Massari and M. Cellini, Milan 2005, pp. 292-297 A. M. Ambrosini Massari, qualche novità intorno a Barocci, in Barocci in bottega, proceedings of the conference Urbino, 26 October 2012, Foligno 2013, pp. 147-176