This painting depicts the Immaculate Conception of the Venerable (or Immaculate Soul), a famous work by the Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Author and period: 18th-century panel painting, inspired by the famous painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, created around 1678.
Subject: The work represents the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, with the Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon, surrounded by cherubim (putti) in the clouds.
Place of origin: Commissioned for the Hospital of the Venerable Priests of Seville.
Current status: The original painting is preserved at the Prado Museum in Madrid.
Frame Dimensions: 41.5 x 34.5 cm - Board Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm