Sevillian school; XVII century.

Sevillian school; XVII century.
"Angels with attributes of the passion".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
Presents restorations on the pictorial surface.
It has a damaged frame.
Measurements: 44 x 62,5 cm; 59 x 78 cm (frame).
On a neutral background the author of this work presents two small angels whose facial expressions harmonize with the attributes of the passion; the three nails and the crown of thorns. Both cherubs hold the crown although they avoid looking at it, a gesture with which the author manages to emphasize the dramatism through the representation of innocence, a resource that was very common in baroque painting.
The seventeenth century marked the arrival of the Baroque in the Sevillian school, with the triumph of naturalism over Mannerist idealism, loose workmanship and many other aesthetic liberties. At this time the school reached its greatest splendor, both for the quality of the works and for the primordial rank of Sevillian Baroque painting. Thus, during the transition to Baroque we find Juan del Castillo, Antonio Mohedano and Francisco Herrera el Viejo, in whose works the rapid brushstroke and the crude realism of the style is already manifested, and Juan de Roelas, introducer of Venetian colorism. In the middle of the century the period reached its peak, with figures such as Zurbarán, a young Alonso Cano and Velázquez. Finally, in the last third of the century we find Murillo and Valdés Leal, founders in 1660 of an Academy where many of the painters active during the first quarter of the 18th century were trained, such as Meneses Osorio, Sebastián Gómez, Lucas Valdés and others.