The Death of King Josiah
by ZANCHI, Antonio, Oil on canvas, 116 x 166 cm
Josiah was the King of Judah who was killed in the battle at Megiddo in 609 BC. Josiah’s death is related in the Old Testament (in both Kings and Chronicles).
Zanchi’s tenebrist canvas is a work of the painter’s early maturity revealing the influence of Luca Giordano and Giovanni Battista Langetti.