Battle di Clavjio

Illustrious sale to: National Museum of Lithuania

Son-in-law and pupil of Cerano, upon his death in 1632, he completed the works he had left pending and inherited his workshop, one of the most flourishing and prestigious in Milan.

A student at the Ambrosiana Academy since 1621, close to the Borromean environment (the Capricci vari di figura bear a dedication to Cardinal Federico) he executed the Marriage of the Virgin in the Church of San Giuseppe in 1630 and, in collaboration with Cerano, the Madonna among the Saints Peter and Bruno (Pavia, Civic Art Gallery, from the Certosa), the lunette depicting the Sacred Plague Lamp, (Milan, Santa Maria Delle Grazie), Saint Catherine kissing the side of Christ (Milan, Santa Maria presso San Celso). He also painted canvases of profane subjects, such as the Rape of Elena (Milan, Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco) and from 1637 to 1641 he was involved in some frescoes at the Sacro Monte di Varallo, in which he enhanced the scenographic aspect. In San Martino a Novara he executed the altarpiece of the Martyrdom of Saint Agnes.

In Turbigo, in the church of the Beata Vergine Assunta, two paintings are preserved, located in the left nave, depicting Santa Felicita and Sant'Agata, the first with the popular subscription cartouche, the signature and the date of execution.

The new painting belongs to Ceranino's freer and looser, almost quivering work and compares with works such as the Flight into Egypt in the Museum of Santa Maria della Passione in Milan and the pair of tablets which appeared on the antiques market, depicting the Flight into Egypt and the Rest during the Flight into Egypt. It is related to the repertoire of minute skits created by Carlo Antonio, the middle brother between Camillo and Giulio Cesare Procaccini.