St. Philip Neri - Carlo Dolci Size:8" x 10" Kramskoy used primarily cold colors

Kramskoy used primarily cold colors to reflect the chill dawn in the background

This beautifully complex scene depicts the Holy Family and Saint Sebastian & Saint Peter

Help of Christians (the namesake of the basilica)

an anchor and a whip

This idea is affirmed by one of the Messianic Psalms: Speciosus forma es prae filiis hominum [Thou art the most beautiful of the sons of men]

St. Philip Neri - Carlo Dolci Size:8" x 10" Kramskoy used primarily cold colorsThe painting of St. Philip Neri by Carlo Dolci is a captivating masterpiece that exudes an extraordinary level of physical presence. Created in honor of St. Philip Neri, the renowned founder of the Oratorians, the artist began this posthumous portrait on May 26, the feast day of St. Philip Neri, and completed it within eight days. The inscription reveals that Dolci embarked on this endeavor at the age of thirty in either 1645 or 1646. To achieve such