ASSUMPTION OF MARY. OIL ON COOPER. 17TH CENTURY. AFTER GUIDO RENI (1575-1642).
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Reference: ZF0974
Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Oil on copper, 17th century Following the models of Guido Reni (Bologna, 1575-1642). Oil on copper showing the Virgin Mary seated on clouds, dressed in a red tunic and blue mantle, in a golden-toned Glory and surrounded by clouds and musician and singing angels, dressed in tunics, cloths, etc. and others naked, and represented both as small children and in the form of adolescents. Iconographically, the work combines two main themes: the Coronation of Mary (note the two angels placed above the Virgin's head), and the Assumption (a doctrine developed in the Western Church from the 12th century, according to tradition by Saint Augustine, which later became a dogma of Faith, and which maintains that, at the end of her life, Mary was taken up to heaven in body and soul). This oil painting is inspired by two works titled "Coronation of the Virgin," one housed in the Bonnat Museum in Baoyona (nicknamed "The Guide") and the other in the National Gallery in London. These, in turn, follow the composition of a painting in the Prado Museum in Madrid by the same master, also titled "Coronation of the Virgin," executed around 1602 or 1603.
· Size: 59,5x4,5x77 cms. int 49,5x67 cms.
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