Ancient painting on copper representing the Virgin Mary, Italian school, late 17th, early 18th century.
small lacks of paint -
size 12.5 cm x 9.5 cm
The painting is a work of devotion, an oil on copper, representing the Virgin Mary of Sorrows.
These small copper paintings were valued for private devotion.
The image shows the Virgin with joined hands on the chest and gaze lowered, a common iconography for Our Lady of Sorrows.
The copper surface was often appreciated for small size devotional formats, providing a smooth and durable support to oily pigments.
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SILVER Seller in Firenze, Italy
