Sevillian school of the 17th century.

Sevillian school of the 17th century.
Follower of BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO (Seville, 1617 - 1682).
‘Virgin and Child’.
Oil on canvas.
Old frame.
It presents faults and repainting.
Measurements: 70 x 58 cm; 79 x 67 x 4 cm (frame).

Murillo invented his own model of Maternity, in which the union of the Mother and the Child was full and juicy, so that the tenderness and the affection were prioritised above any will to represent the figures in their sacredness. In fact, they could be ordinary people, a young woman with her child. The present painter, a follower of Murillo, takes up this legacy, as he also makes an expressive Baroque chiaroscuro his own.