The Parable of the Mote and the Beam  1619

Trained in Rome under the Florentine Lodovico Cigoli, Fetti evolved a style of great verve and fluency. In 1614 he moved to Mantua to work for Fernando Gonzaga. The picture is one of thirteen illustrations of Gospel parables painted in about 1619 for Ferdinando Gonzaga's studiolo (a small private study, often filled with works of art as well as books). It depicts Christ's ...