
Madonna And Child With The Infant Saint John The Baptist
A luminous depiction of the Madonna tenderly cradling the Christ Child, with the Infant Saint John the Baptist in devoted attendance, rendered in the graceful, elegant style associated with the Neapolitan master Francesco de Mura. The composition is suffused with soft, warm tonality and refined draughtsmanship characteristic of the 18th-century Neapolitan school, with figures displaying gentle expressions of sacred intimacy. The oval format lends the work an intimate, devotional quality befitting this tender gathering of holy figures.
- Medium
- oil on canvas, an oval
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Old Masters Online
January 21, 2019
Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
Lot 1030
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