Attributed to ANDRÉS PÉREZ (Seville, 1660- 1727).
"Vision of Saint Augustine".
Oil on canvas.
Re-drawn.
Inscription on the canvas (back).
Measurements: 79 x 56 cm; 92 x 69 cm (frame).
The painter shows us the figure of the religious seated in front of his monastic desk at the moment when his intellectual work is interrupted by three angels carrying an ecclesiastical representation, while a fourth cherub brings him the mitre. Both elements symbolise Augustine's appointment as bishop. The detail with which the interior has been depicted, from the chequered floor to the turned wooden legs and the fluted columns, is characteristic of Andrés Pérez. The variety of qualities and textures is remarkable: floating fabrics, velvet curtains, bronze crosses, etc. There is little information on the biography of the painter Andrés Pérez, son of the painter Francisco Pérez de Pineda, of whom he was probably a disciple. According to Cean, despite the Murillesque influence of the period, Andrés Pérez possessed his own stylistic characteristics, such as a very precise drawing, characters of gentle expressiveness, and broad scenes reminiscent of architectural settings or landscape perspectives. The two most important known works by this painter are in the Seville Museum of Fine Arts and are attributed to Ortega and Lucas Valdés. His works have a markedly Eucharistic symbolism, perhaps due to his commissions for chapels.