Allegory of Charity
by SELLAER, Vincent, Oil on panel, 79 x 61 cm
The unmistakable Italian influences in Sellaer’s work are partly a result of the Leonardesque style popular amongst Flemish artists at the time, among them Joos van Cleve, and partly due to a presumed trip to Italy where he would have come into contact with the work of Raphael and the Florentine Mannerists. In the present painting the influences of Leonardo and Bronzino are evident.