Agony and Ecstasy: A Rediscovered Masterpiece on View at Moretti Fine Art, NY

NEW YORK, NY.- Once again, Andrew Butterfield and Fabrizio Moretti, the renowned Re- naissance and Baroque specialists, will collaborate to present Agony, Ecstasy, Ivory: The Saint Sebastian of Agnesius, A Rediscovered Masterpiece, at Moretti Fine Art/Adam Williams Fine Art 24 East 80th Street, January 21–February 4, 2011. Coinciding with the Old Master Drawings Week and the auction house sales, this rare sculpture accompanies an exhibition of significant Italian and other European Old Master paintings, including works by Bicci de Lorenzo, Francesco Ubertini called ‘il Bacchiacca’, Master of the Osservanza, Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, and Luis Melendez. The Saint Sebastian by Jacobus Agnesius, circa 1638, – one of the largest and most spectacular ivory statues ever created—will be on public view for the first time. “In my opinion, this beautiful ivory statue is an absolute masterpi

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