Van der Doort c.1639

Said to be Michelangelo Caravaggio (done at Rome by an imitator of Caravaggio)

Three Disciples, St John in a red and bluish drapery, another in yellow coming from fishing (Simon, Andrew and John coming from fishing), life-size half-length

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 44, № 12
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
4ft 4in x 5ft 8in (132.1 x 172.7cm)
Light: 
light from the left
Frame: 
large old wooden carved frame
Provenance: 
12th of the 23 Italian collection pictures your majesty bought from William Frizell
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
bought
Location: 
Long Gallery (towards the Orchard)
Room description extended: 
Towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 58 and V&A f. 9, no 4 (WS 203)
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, no. 164, 145 x 196
Interpreting the text: 
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

Caravaggio