Workshop of Giuseppe Cesari, Il Giuseppino or the Cavaliere d'Arpino (Arpino, Italy, 1568 - Rome, Italy, 1640) Rest on the Flight into Egypt Oil on panel. 33 x 25,5 cm. We attribute this panel to the workshop of Il Cavaliere d'Arpino, although its extremely high pictorial quality suggests that it could well be attributed to the master's hand. In fact, an identical version of the present panel, dated 1597 but executed on copper, is on display in the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston (inv. 34570) and is attributed to Giuseppe Cesari. On the reverse of the panel, the present panel has two repeated red wax seals with the profile of a Roman emperor with a laurel wreath. Also on the reverse are the handwritten words 'Baro...ci' and 'Roman¿o?' in ink. Particularly curious is what we suppose may be a reference to the painter Federico Barocci, since he and Cesari were contemporary artists. In fact, on 13 August 1603 Pope Clement VIII commissioned Giacomo Sorbolongo, minister to the Duke of Urbino, by letter to acquire the work 'The Communion' by Federico Barocci. In the letter he asked him with concern that, out of respect for the Cavaliere d'Arpino, the commission for the work should be concealed from him, as he was at that time the most important artist working for the Pope.