Q124558428

This oil on canvas by Alessandro Turchi, dated 1630 and held at the Galleria Nazionale della Puglia, is one of the artist's later Roman-period works, produced when his reputation was well established in Rome and his style had reached its characteristic synthesis of Veronese elegance and Roman sophistication. The Galleria Nazionale della Puglia in Bari — the primary public art collection for the Apulia region — holds works that entered southern Italian collections through bequest, purchase, and regional redistribution. Turchi's presence in a southern Italian collection reflects the wide geographic dispersal of his output from Rome to patrons and institutions across the peninsula. Without a confirmed title — the work is identified only by its Q-number — the subject must be inferred from Turchi's wider practice around 1630: likely devotional, possibly mythological, reflecting the dual market he successfully served throughout his career. The 1630 date places it in the mature phase when his technique was most assured.

Oil on canvas with the polished surface execution and refined figural modeling characteristic of Turchi's mature Roman output. By 1630 his handling was technically sophisticated — controlled impasto, smooth blending in flesh zones, confident management of drapery and material texture. Whatever the subject, the technical quality is consistent with his established production.