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Description: | A strong, directed light in the Caravaggesque tradition unifies the realms of the everyday and the supernatural, as was typical of one of the artistic trends associated with the Counter-Reformation. In the centre the new-born Jesus is shown in a shabby manger, used as a makeshift cradle. The Virgin wraps him in a white cloth, which foreshadows the sudarium, while on the left Joseph looks on reverently. The child is adored by two youthful angels (one of them swinging a censer), cherubim, and a putto carrying a garland, while in the top right another angel breaks the news to the shepherds. | Subjects: | figure; religion (Nativity Mary Joseph angels Holy Family) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian (Neapolitan) School Æ Attributed to manner of Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (Italian painter, active 17th century) Previously attributed to Solimena, Francesco (Italian painter and draftsman, 1657-1747) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8543... | Go to resource |
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