Spanish follower of Sassoferrato

Spanish follower of GIOVANNI BATISTA SALVI "SASSOFERRATO", 17th century.
"Mater Dolorosa".
Oil on canvas. Re-retouched.
It presents faults and repainting on the pictorial layer.
The frame has faults in the carving and xylophagous remains.
Measurements: 48 x 36 cm; 62 x 49 cm (frame).
Bust of Mary cut out and highlighted on a very dark background thanks to a powerful spotlight that falls on her face and on her mantle, following the Baroque line known as Caravaggist. However, the features of the Virgin and the modelling of the magnificent cloak are more reminiscent of examples from the Bolognese school, noted for its classicism and its differences compared to the more tenebrist school of 17th-century Italian Baroque painting.
The piece follows the iconographic style established by the artist Giovanni Battista Salvi, better known as "Il Sassoferrato", an Italian Baroque painter appreciated above all for the creation of devotional images in which he combined the Bolognese classicism and the tenebrism of the Caravaggist tradition, with a great variety of models and much diffusion, which often makes it difficult to attribute works to him with certainty. He began his training with his father, Tarquinio Salvi, and furthered it with Domenichino. He settled permanently in Rome and soon achieved a certain degree of success with his gentle painting, allowing him to establish an important workshop in the city that would repeat the master's style and outlines. His work is preserved in important institutions such as the National Gallery in London, the Museo del Prado in Madrid, the Palazzo Barberini in Rome, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, etc.