101x80cm
Immaculate Madonna
Oil on canvas, 101 x 80 cm
With frame, 112 x 87 cm
The canvas in question, attributable to the hand of an 18th century artist, illustrates the theme of the Immaculate Conception, which established how the Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin until the first moment of her conception. The iconography of this episode generally sees the Virgin suspended between clouds and cherubs in glory, her hands clasped in prayer, surrounded by an aura of golden light: Mary is in fact the Mother of the Word and of the Light that illuminates the path of all Christians.
At her feet is depicted a crescent moon, considered a symbol of chastity, a detail that originates from a verse of the Apocalypse of John the Evangelist (12, 1) which read: «Then a great sign appeared in the sky: a woman dressed in sun, with the moon under his feet and on his head a crown of twelve stars."
In this iconographic typology, sometimes the serpent also made its appearance with the moon, sometimes twisted around the scythe: the serpent is here positioned on the terraqueous globe, but always in a position of total submission to the Mother of God, who tramples on its head, as an unequivocal sign of the victory of good over evil, of the Immaculate Conception over original sin, of purity and innocence over the passions.
The face of the Virgin deserves particular attention, rendered by the artist with extreme sweetness and candor: the lowered gaze, the rosy cheeks, a slight hint of a smile, the Immaculate embodies the human face of tenderness and hope.
The object is in good condition
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