Spanish school of the XVII century. Lot n° 17

Spanish school of the XVII century. "Virgin Mary. Oil on panel. Measurements: 46 x 33 cm; 56 x 44 cm (frame). This devotional work presents the face of the Virgin Mary, in the foreground and captured in large 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, illuminated around her head by the halo of golden light. The Virgin appears dressed in a red tunic, alluding to the Passion of Christ and her own pain for the death of her Son, and a blue mantle, usual in Marian iconography as a symbol of the concepts of truth and eternity.