Extraordinary oil painting on canvas depicting the Orante Madonna in prayer, derived from the famous models of Giovanni Battista Salvi known as Sassoferrato (Sassoferrato, August 25, 1609 – Rome, August 8, 1685), a cultured and refined painter among the most appreciated interpreters of 17th-century Roman sacred painting.
The painting reprises the classical iconography made famous by the master from the Marche region: the Virgin lost in meditation, with her head bowed and hands clasped, immersed in a mystical atmosphere of intense spirituality and silent contemplation. The dark background enhances the luminosity of the skin and the chromatic depth of the traditional Marian blue mantle. The pictorial quality and stylistic approach allow us to place the painting within the master's workshop or circle, in the context of Roman devotional production between the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Following the extraordinary success of this Marian image, Salvi's workshop, his entourage, and the Master himself painted a considerable quantity of them, the most famous being preserved at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Prado Museum, the church of the Salute in Venice, the Pinacoteca di Perugia, and the Diocesan Museum of Recanati. Sassoferrato was inspired by the model of Albrecht Dürer for the Orante Virgin.
64x49 cm with frame
51x39 cm without frame
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