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Italian school; XVIII century. "Madonna with Child and St. John". Oil on canvas. Relined. Measurements: 67 x 51 cm; 75 x 59 cm (frame). Devotional scene that presents the Virgin and Child, accompanied by San Juanito. In the scene the three personages follow a classic pyramidal composition with San Juan in the inferior zone and the Virgin and the Child in the superior zone. Inscribed in a landscape of dark tonalities, the light emanating from the body of the little Christ dominates the scene, harmonizing with the iridescent finish of the Virgin's pink tunic. In the most common sense of the expression, the Holy Family includes the closest relatives of the Child Jesus, that is, mother and grandmother or mother and nurturing father. In both cases, whether it is St. Anne or St. Joseph who appears, it is a group of three figures. From the artistic point of view, the arrangement of this terrestrial Trinity poses the same problems and suggests the same solutions as the heavenly Trinity. However, the difficulties are fewer. It is no longer a question of a single God in three persons whose essential unity must be expressed at the same time as diversity. The three persons are united by a bond of blood, certainly, but they do not constitute an indivisible block.

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Italian school; XVIII century. "Madonna with Child and St. John". Oil on canvas. Relined. Measurements: 67 x 51 cm; 75 x 59 cm (frame). Devotional scene that presents the Virgin and Child, accompanied by San Juanito. In the scene the three personages follow a classic pyramidal composition with San Juan in the inferior zone and the Virgin and the Child in the superior zone. Inscribed in a landscape of dark tonalities, the light emanating from the body of the little Christ dominates the scene, harmonizing with the iridescent finish of the Virgin's pink tunic. In the most common sense of the expression, the Holy Family includes the closest relatives of the Child Jesus, that is, mother and grandmother or mother and nurturing father. In both cases, whether it is St. Anne or St. Joseph who appears, it is a group of three figures. From the artistic point of view, the arrangement of this terrestrial Trinity poses the same problems and suggests the same solutions as the heavenly Trinity. However, the difficulties are fewer. It is no longer a question of a single God in three persons whose essential unity must be expressed at the same time as diversity. The three persons are united by a bond of blood, certainly, but they do not constitute an indivisible block.

Estimate 2 500 - 3 000 EUR
Starting price 1 600 EUR

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