Saint Margaret, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century

Features

Artwork title:  Santa Margherita

Artistic school:  Marchigian School

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Sacred Subject

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Santa Margherita

Oil on canvas. The young martyr Margaret of Antioch is representd in ecstasy whit her iconographic symbols: she's holding martyrdom's palm and the Cross, the dragon at her feet. According to tradition, the ypung girl had been imprisoned during Diocletian's persecution because she was christian and she was visited by the devil in the guise of a dragon that swallowed her: Margaret ripped up its womb with the Cross and she came out victorious; because of that she's invoked as the patroness of pregnant women to have an easy childbirth. Restored and displayed in frame.

Product Condition:
Fair condition. Wear consistent with age and use.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 100
Width: 79
Depth: 6

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 90
Width: 68