# St Andrew

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PRETI, Mattia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 35 x 24 cm

## Commentary

This small painting is a bozzetto for Preti&#39;s monumental altarpiece for the Parish Church of St. Catherine in Zurrieq, Malta. The final canvas was executed for the altar belonging to the local fishermen. St. Andrew was a fisherman at Capernaum and the first of Christ&#39;s disciples.

## Related artworks

- [A Mother Entrusting Her Sons to Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/a-mother-entrusting-her-sons-to-christ-r7bc7391f10ff29>)
- [Absalom&#39;s Feast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/absaloms-feast-rdf50bda821f21f>)
- [Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Fleeing Troy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/aeneas-anchises-and-ascanius-fleeing-troy-r00b9b944f02612>)
- [Beheading of St. Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/beheading-of-st-catherine-r629b83b245b5c0>)
- [Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/christ-and-the-woman-taken-in-adultery-rb459f4ed273cc8>)
- [Christ in Glory](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/christ-in-glory-r6d6add41f18fdd>)
- [Concert \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/concert-detail-r68e886ebbb47b4>)
- [Concert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/concert-r2f44623f5bb4da>)
- [David Playing the Harp before Saul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/david-playing-the-harp-before-saul-ra8c1f504bf2cbe>)
- [Decollation of St John \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/decollation-of-st-john-detail-r610487941175e8>)
- [Erminia, Princess of Antioch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/preti-mattia-r48a8994befd43d/erminia-princess-of-antioch-rbced589eb7c8cd>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)