Torre del Greco, IT
Details
- Dimensions
- 25.59ʺW × 1.97ʺD × 30.71ʺH
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Condition
- Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. less
- Description
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Ancient painting oil on canvas depicting Madonna and sleeping child with golden and carved wooden frame.
Mary is represented according … more Ancient painting oil on canvas depicting Madonna and sleeping child with golden and carved wooden frame.
Mary is represented according to the classic iconography or intent on reading a book while he holds Jesus in his arms.
Mary reads, in the full sense of the term: she listens, meditates, memorizes, scrutinizes, includes, prays, agrees, contemplates and thus prepares to welcome every message that comes from the word that reads and in the time you read.
In Mary, prophecy and fulfillment overlap and coincide: Annunciation and reality join.
With her example and her behavior Mary teaches us the way you read. Jesus, book and reader, shows us God to read God.
Jesus holds an apple in his hand, the result of good and evil, symbol of original sin and therefore of his passion; Mary has a thoughtful and melancholic gaze implies the prefiguration of the tragic fate of the child.
The splendid workmanship and the refined color, evidently of the highest level, suggest the attribution to an author of great talent operating in Naples in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Conditions: Excellent condition.
Measures: 65x78cm.
Origin: Naples late 18th century.
Document: certificate of authenticity. less
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