PRETI, Mattia
(b. 1613, Taverna Calabria, d. 1699, La Valletta)

St Andrew

1665-67
Oil on canvas, 35 x 24 cm
Private collection

This small painting is a bozzetto for Preti's monumental altarpiece for the Parish Church of St. Catherine in Zurrieq, Malta. The final canvas was executed for the altar belonging to the local fishermen.

St. Andrew was a fisherman at Capernaum and the first of Christ's disciples.