Religious Subject Oil on Canvas Italy XVIII Century

Features

Artwork title:  L'adorazione dei Magi

Artistic school:  North Italy School

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Sacred Subject

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : L'adorazione dei Magi

Oil painting on canvas. Northern Italian school of the 18th century. A peculiarity of this scene is the presentation of the characters concentrated in the lower part of the canvas, while in the upper one dominates on the left the great architectural structure, which is meant to be the cave, but which is a tall and imposing wooden structure, flanked on the right by the darkness of the night, interrupted by the gap of light opened in the heavens, from which the angels come out. The characters are willing to converge, along an oblique line ascending to the left, in the direction of the Holy Family, in particular towards Mary and the Child, who are on the same diagonal as the celestial beam of light. On the right of the Holy Family, the Magi, with their retinue of servants and animals, behind which opens a landscape that evokes the distant lands from which they come. The painting is also animated by the play of colors and lights, with alternating lights and shadows, bright colors and dark backgrounds. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a beautiful gilded frame from the end of the 19th century.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 101
Width: 89
Depth: 8

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 82
Width: 69