Full title: Spanish school, attributed to Sebasti‡n de Llanos y Valdes (ca. 1605-1677): The head of Saint Paul, oil on canvas, 17th C. Description: Work: 78 x 60,5 cmÊ Frame: 101,5 x 86 cmÊ Ê The oeuvre of Sebastián de Llanos y ValdEs (Sevilla) consists almost entirely of religious imagery and, from the 1660s and 1670s on, he painted several severed heads of martyr saints, a traditional painting genre (especially for Sevillian artists), that can be traced back to Spanish sculpture from the last quarter of the 16th C.Ê A similar version was sold at Sotheby's, London, 16 Juli 2014, lot 9 (link).Ê Another comparison can be made with the signed and dated (1675) 'Head of a beheaded Saint Martyr', MusEe du Louvre, Paris, inv. no. RF 1955-24 (link). Condition:Please contact us to let us know which lots are of interest, so we can make the requested report for you. Once complete, it will be published on our website. High resolution pictures are already available on our website at www.coronariauctions.com. Further questions are always welcome at info@coronariauctions.com