Curatorial Narrative In the late 16th century, Ferra Fenzoni’s “Saints John the Evangelist, Paul, Peter, and Stephen” occupies a unique position within the trajectory of early Baroque art, its spare, modernist sensibilities set against the more ornate tendencies of the era. The artist’s deliberate restraint in employing fine brushwork and a predominantly neutral palette gray and white tones yielding an atmosphere of luminous sobriety serves to underscore the somber intensity of his subjects. By eschewing the elaborate folds and drapery characteristic of his contemporaries, Fenzoni instead focuses on conveying the psychological gravity of these four apostles through their solemn countenances.As we consider “Saints John the Evangelist, Paul, Peter, and Stephen” in a larger context scaled to its original size, approximately 44×63 inches its minimalist design structure yields a spatial rhythm that is at once calm and imposing. The n