801 - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crowned with a Book – Colonial School – 18th century

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crowned with a Book – Colonial School – 18th century Oil on canvas. Depiction of the Virgin Mary, crowned and surrounded by a halo of luminous rays, with long, dark hair. She wears a Carmelite habit in shades of brown and white, adorned with gold motifs and a religious shield on her chest. She holds an open book in her hands, her gaze turned toward her reading. The background is rendered in shades of ochre, and the composition is devotional and frontal. Dimensions of the work: 53 × 41 cm.