Tenebroso Giovanni Battista Langetti Genoa 1635 - 1676 Venice (attributed) Portrait of a saint in devotion Oil on canvas, relined 92 x 71 cm The painting of the tenebroso / chiaroscuro, starting from Michelangelo da Caravaggio, reached Venice around 1620/30. In the lagoon city, in addition to G.B. Langetti, to whom we attribute this painting, Johann Carl Loth, gen. Carlotto, Antonio Zancchi or Francesco Russi were among the expressive representatives of this style in the painting of the emerging Baroque. The supporting colors of the backgrounds are dark in brown, olive and also gray tones and contrast with the bright, naturalistic, light-filled colors of the foreground. We are grateful Professor Dr. Dario Succi for the assessment of the painting to the Tenebrosi on the basis of a digital photograph.