Spanish School, XVIII century. Lot n° 4

Spanish School, XVIII century. "Virgin with Child and floral garland". Oil on burlap. Measurements: 88 x 77 cm. This painting, of devotional character, welcomes a typically baroque composition by placing the scene of religious theme in the center of an ornamental garland. This is made up of a variety of floral species and serves as a frame for the Virgin and Child. In the maternal-filial embrace the painter expresses a humanized tenderness. The cloth that wraps the child and the golden crowns contrast in expressive backlighting with the black background and the light flesh tones. The dark background gives relief to the flowers and figures. This type of work achieved great recognition and popularity of the time, becoming a composition widely repeated by artists such as Mario Nuzzi, Paolo Porpora, Giuseppe Recco, Giovanni Paolo Spadino and Margarita Caffi, among many others, each of them brought their personal style but all of them kept the composition of the use of the garland as a framework for a religious theme.