Spanish school of the 17th century

Spanish school of the 17th century.
"Presentation of the Virgin in the temple".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
Presents restorations, Repainting, cracks and missing paint.
Measurements: 36 x 46 cm.

In this canvas the author represents a scene from the life of the Virgin Mary, her presentation in the Temple as a child. The narration is placed in an interior scene, dominated by a staircase that plays an important role in the story and that serves to differentiate the two planes of the composition, and at the same time to order the figures. St. Joachim and St. Anne, the Virgin's parents, look at their daughter, vividly illuminated. Zechariah is placed at the top of the staircase. The canvas presents a scenographic composition, clearly counter-reformist. It should be noted that it was during the Baroque period when the representations of the Virgin became more popular and iconographically relevant because the Protestants did not believe in the figure of the Virgin.