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AUCTION 32: APRIL 2022 DECORATIVE AND FINE ART SALE
A fine half-length portrait of Fra Paolo Sapri by the unknown artist, dating from the mid 18th to the early 19th century. Inscribed in Latin: "Natus 1552, Obiit 1623, Ingenti civis fama vix sufficit orbis. Effigiem Pavli parva tabella саpit." Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623), was born in Venice to a father who was a struggling merchant and a mother who was a Venetian from a good family. Since his father died while young, Sarpi was educated by his mother’s brother who was a priest and schoolmaster, and by Fra Giammaria Capella, a monk in the Servite Order. In 1566, at the age of 14, Paolo (born Pietro), was received in the Servite Order and took the name of Paolo. By the time he was ordained a priest, in 1574, Sarpi was an immensely learned monk, trained in philosophy, theology, mathematics, Greek, and Hebrew. In 1579 he became Provincial of Venice and was chosen as one of the three Servite scholars to revise the constitution and rule of the Order. Sarpi became Procurator General of the Venetian province of the Order in 1584 and served as Vicar-General from 1599 to 1604.
Dimensions: 25 3/16 x 20 1/2 in., (64 x 52 cm.)
Condition: Very good, framed.
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