Italian school; XVIII century.

Italian school; XVIII century.
"Virgin Mary".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
It has slight flaws and restored craquelure.
Measurements: 43 x 34 cm; 60,5 x 51 cm (frame).
This devotional work presents the face of the Virgin Mary, in the foreground and captured at great size, occupying most of the pictorial surface. It is a monumental figure, worked with great delicacy and directly illuminated by a clear and uniform light, with classical roots. Mary stands out against a neutral, flat and dark background. The Virgin is dressed in a red tunic, although it is barely visible as it is covered by the mantle. This is allusive to the Passion of Christ and her own pain for the death of her Son. The blue mantle is common in Marian iconography as a symbol of the concepts of truth and eternity.