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Description: | José Antolínez specialised in images of the Immaculate Conception, a favourite theme in Spanish Baroque art. This version belongs to his late career, when he had perfected the type and endowed it with more freedom and a more balanced composition. Following the instructions prescribed for this subject by Francisco Pacheco in the early seventeenth century, Mary is represented as a young girl, dressed in a silvery robe with a blue stole, standing on a cloud supported by angels bearing lilies and palms. These symbols refer to the qualities attributed to the Virgin in Marian litanies. | Subjects: | Immaculate Conception) religion (Virgin Mary | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Antolínez, José (Spanish painter, 1639-1676) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to studio of Espinosa, Jerónimo Jacinto (Spanish painter, 1600-1667) Previously attributed to Sarabia, José de (Spanish painter, 1608-1669) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9031... | Go to resource |
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