Andalusian school of the 18th century

Andalusian school of the 18th century.
"Divine shepherdess".
Oil on canvas.
Presents restorations.
Frame of the eighteenth century.
Measurements: 48.5 x 37 cm; 54 x 43 x 3 cm (frame).

The origins of the devotion to the Divine Shepherdess are imprecise until the 18th century: there are references to Mary as a shepherdess in the writings of John the Geometer, Saint John of God, Saint Peter of Alcantara, the venerable Mary Jesus of Agreda and Saint Mary of the Five Wounds, although its widespread diffusion is due to a Capuchin priest of great Marian devotion, Fray Isidoro de Sevilla, who in 1703 commissioned a canvas with this theme to Alonso Miguel de Tovar. Also, in 1705 he wrote "La Pastora Coronada", a work in which he exposed his predictable idea of the Virgin as a shepherdess.