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Dated 1608, this canvas falls within Alessandro Turchi's formative Veronese period before his extended stay in Rome, where contact with Caravaggio's circle would deepen his handling of light and shadow. By this date Turchi had already absorbed the lessons of his master Felice Brusasorci and was producing works of considerable refinement for Veronese patrons and religious institutions. The Castelvecchio Museum holds several of his works from this period, documenting his development from an accomplished regional painter into one of northern Italy's most sought-after religious artists. The Wikidata identifier for this work has not yet been matched to a confirmed title in public art-historical records, but the 1608 date and oil-on-canvas medium place it firmly within his early mature output. Turchi's Baroque sensibility at this stage still carries traces of late Mannerist elegance, particularly in his figure drawing, before Roman influences pushed him toward more dramatic contrasts of light and dark.

An oil-on-canvas from 1608 suggests a warm-toned ground with systematically built-up glazes for flesh. Turchi's early works show a smoother surface treatment than his later Roman-inflected canvases, with modelling that favors gradual tonal transitions rather than abrupt Caravaggesque contrasts.