Andalusian school of the second half of the seventeenth century. After BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO (Seville, 1617 - 1682).
"Virgin with Child".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
Presents restoration, Repainting, dirt and frame with some chipping. Stretcher frame with some old xylophagous.
Measurements: 98 x 72 cm; 109 x 86 cm (frame).

In this canvas the Virgin Mary is represented with the Child in her arms, both embracing each other with tenderness. Mary appears in three quarters, seated, holding her son with both hands, surrounding him with her arms. Jesus, for his part, appears almost naked, although Mary covers him with a white cloth as is common in this iconography. The Child turns his body towards his mother, resting his hands on her breast. The composition is placed in a dark interior, the figures are cut out against a neutral background that is illuminated by the soft light radiating from the figures. The Virgin wears pink inner tunic and blue mantle and golden veil, colors that allude respectively to purity, the future Passion of her son, the concepts of truth and eternity and the divine Glory. Formally, important traces of Murillo's art can be appreciated in this work, both in the way of composing the scene and in the type of the child, of great sweetness and naturalism, as well as in the studied and effective illumination and in the chromaticism tending to monochrome, around ochre, earthy and carmine colors.