Otto Octavius Van Veen
Fl. 1556-1629
St. John Preaching in the Desert
Early, probably original frame
Oil on canvas
48" x 39"
Estimate:  $40000/60000

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This excellent canvas, like the Italian School "St. Augustine", illustrated 
elsewhere, and the engraving by Teodoro Filippo di Liagno of the same subject 
as the Van Veen shown above, is consigned from an important Connecticut estate. 
It comes with a copy of a letter from Julius H. Weitzner, the highly respected London 
dealer, dated April 3, 1963, to a previous owner which reads in part as follows: �The artist's 
name is Otto van Veen, also called Octavius Venius...In his day he held many important 
positions and was closely connected with the highest Catholic personages of the period.  
The canvas originally came from an important English collection, I believe the Duke of Norfolk.
The attribution was confirmed by several Italian experts, particularly Dr. Federigo Zeri, 
who is now writing the catalogue for the Metropolitan Museum.�

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