English: Signoretto Alliata was a nobleman of Pisa who spent his life on Sicily, working in hospitals. Late in life, he became a hermit and lived in seclusion in a deserted place on the shore. According to legend, he received his martyrdom near his dwelling at the hands of a band of North African pirates. In the painting, the pirates can be recognized as Muslims by their turbans. To a Christian audience, the scene conveyed the death of a blessed man at the hands of infidels. His luminous pale body and drapery symbolize his purity. Angels hand him the crown of martyrdom.
This loosely painted scene was a preparatory version for a large painting commissioned for the cathedral of Pisa by Count Tommaso Alliata Campiglia, who wanted to honor his holy ancestor.
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between circa 1794 and circa 1796
date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Galleria des Monte di Pietà, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 1602]
Cassa dei Depositi e Prestiti, Rome [date and mode of acquistion unknown]
Cassa dei Depositi e Prestiti Sale, Rome, November 30, 1875, no. 65 [as Cades]
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 431, as a study of a painting in Venice representing St. Luke by Tiepolo]
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