Italian Renaissance Tempera on Parchment Painting Holy Family by Giuseppe Cesari Circa 1595 Sculpture 5" wide X 13" tall

5" wide X 13" tall X 5

The scrolled arms having acanthus leaf terminals

The needlepoint is very finely and delicately rendered

The desk is finely inlaid on all sides

Italian Renaissance Tempera on Parchment Painting Holy Family by Giuseppe Cesari Circa 1595 Sculpture 5" wide X 13" tallA rare & important Italian Renaissance tempera on parchment painting, Giuseppe Cesari Il Cavalier d'Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari, 1568 1640), the painting circa 1595. Caesari was born in Rome in 1568 and his family came from Arpino in central Italy, he was apprenticed in Rome to Niccol Pomarancio and adopted Pomaranancio's post Michelangelo Mannerist style. He received commissions in his early 20's for a number of chapels and choir vaults in both Rome and