Mid-17th-Century Madrid School, Saint Elijah

Mid-17th-Century Madrid School, Saint ElijahThis commanding mid 17th century Spanish Baroque painting depicts Saint Elijah wrapped in a coarse Carmelite habit and raising a flaming sword. Towering within the vertical composition, his gaunt face carved by conviction, he holds his burning brand aloft its red blaze cutting sharply through the heavy storm clouds behind him. In his left hand a scroll bearing his declaration of zeal. Here's a man who has staked everything on belief. The atmosphere is

which is inscribed on the reverse

000 for ‘On the Beach’

figures and buildings

Edward Charles Williams was the son of ‘Old’ Williams

he travelled through America (Boston

“Saturday 3 March 1666

which brings an added layer of sensuality

It’s interesting that Balestrieri has depicted the composer with his back turned as the only likeness we see is the ‘life mask’ hanging on the wall

The painting is signed/dated in the lower left and housed within a later foliate frame

He was in good company and

You do not need a cloister or a vaulted stone wall to appreciate it

It’s likely that Haynes employed staff to undertake the ferrying aspects