19th century Spanish school

Spanish school of the 19th century.
"Apparition of the Virgin of La Merced".
Oil on cardboard adhered to board.
Signed with initials in the lower right corner.
Presents restoration, Repainting and some lack of paint.
Vintage frame with damage.
Measurements: 40 x 30 cm; 52 x 42 cm (frame).

The Virgin of Mercy appears among clouds and winged angels before Saint Peter Nolasco, Saint Raymond of Peñafort and before King James I of Aragon.
The devotion to the Virgin of Mercy has its origin in Catalonia. The Order of Mercy was founded around her, initiated by Saint Peter Nolasco at the beginning of the 13th century. It was precisely the Mercedarian monks who spread her cult throughout Spain, France and Italy from that date onwards. The iconography for the representations of the Virgin of Mercy acquires its definitive form in the 16th century, which in the Baroque period drifts towards more dynamic representations, with breaks of glory. In this case, the composition is orderly, distributed from the angelic court that crowns the Virgin, the ancient symbolisms referring to redeemed sinners being removed, reducing the iconography to the elementary.