Old Master Paintings & Spanish Colonial Art
Lote 345:
Oil on copper, with inscription on the reverse “I.P. aº 1767”. The scene represents, in vertical format, the moment when the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus present the Carmelite scapular to the English Saint Simon Stock (Kent, around 1775-Bordeaux, 1285). Sixth Prior General of the Carmelite Order, 13th century. In it, Mary, sitting on a cumulus of clouds, appears barefoot, dressed in a pink tunic and blue cloak, wearing a greenish veil that partially covers her head. On the right side of his lap we find the Child Jesus, holding the cross in his right hand. On the left, a kneeling angel carrying various Carmelite scapulars on a tray, two angels in the upper part of the composition completing the scene. According to the Doctor in Art History, D. José Ángel Rivera de las Heras, “The work is therefore framed after its Roman period. And on a specific date, the year 1767, the year in which we know that he married María González Velázquez, settling in Calle Carretas de Madrid “. Reference bibliography: Louis Réau, Iconography of the Saints. From P to Z. Volume 2, volume 5, Barcelona, 1998. pp. 229-230; Juan Fernando Roig, Iconography of the Saints, Barcelona, 1950, p. 251; José Luis Morales and Marín, Mariano Salvador Maella. Life and work, Zaragoza, 1996. Copper measurements: 30 x 26 cm. Measures with frame: 39 x 33 cm
