Saint Matthew and the Angel (Savoldo)

Saint Matthew and the Angel is an oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, executed c. 1530-1535, depicting Saint Matthew, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

It was a major influence on the young Caravaggio.

[1] Originally produced for a private 'studiolo' or for the Zecca in Milan, it is one of the nocturnes for which Savoldo is most famous.

X-ray photography shows a drawing of a woman on the right half.

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