Italian school; 17th century. "Saint Simon. Oil on canvas. Re-retouched. It presents faults and restorations. Measurements: 34,5 x 25 cm. Devotional scene that represents the figure of a man dressed with yellow tunic and green mantle, who shows through his posture a pious attitude, when he takes his hand to his chest and directs his look towards the sky in an attitude of clemency. Set in an exterior, the piece is notable for its austerity, both in the conception of the landscape and the figure, which follows a triangular composition with classical influences. The representation of this religious figure, probably a hermit, due to the presence of the rocky landscape, the pen and the book, together with the size of the work, indicate that it was probably a work that belonged to a larger clique, made up of religious figures, saints or apostles. From the colour of the robe and mantle, the feather on the rocks and the book held open in his hands, it can be deduced that this is a representation of Simon the Zealot or Simon the Canaanite or Simon the Canaanite. He was one of Jesus' apostles. To distinguish him from Simon Peter, he is called a Canaanite, according to the manuscript (Matthew 10: 4 Mark 3:18), and in the list of apostles in Luke 6:15, repeated in Acts 1:13, Zealots, the "Zealot".