The Death of St Joseph
by CAVALLINO, Bernardo, Oil on canvas, 47 x 36 cm
This painting was probably either a modello for a large-scale work that remains unidentified or more simply a small-scale picture destined for private devotion. The subject of the picture reflects a renewed interest in the iconography of t Joseph during the seventeenth century, when he became one of the favourite saints of popular devotion.