File:CARACCIOLO Giovanni Battista 1609c Ragazzo a mezzo busto 1181x1508.jpg

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 <objecttitle>&lt;i&gt;Half-length figure of a young man
 i&gt;</objecttitle>
 <artistname>Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, called Battistello
 Caracciolo (Naples 1578-1635)</artistname>
 <shortdescription>Oil on canvas, 24 13/16 x 19 ½ in (63 x 49.5
 cm)</shortdescription>
 <longdescription>&lt;b&gt;Provenance b France, private
 collection.&lt;br br b&gt;Literature b&gt;Unpublished.&lt;br
 br&gt;The reappearance of this half-length figure, albeit
 fragmentary, is a new addition to our knowledge of the work of
 Battistello Caracciolo, an important representative of the
 naturalist movement in early Seicento Naples.&lt;br&gt;Given the
 absence of attributes, it is unfortunately difficult to tell
 whether this canvas was originally part of a figure of Saint John
 the Baptist, which seems in any case improbable because of the
 lack of the characteristic sheepskin clothing across his loins.