Granada School of the XVIII century

Granada School of the XVIII century.
"Virgin of the Anguish.
Oil on canvas.
In need of restoration.
Measurements: 80 x 60 cm; 90 x 62 cm (frame).

This oil painting is a clear testimony of the phenomenon of sacralization and devotional fervor characteristic of the Granada school of the eighteenth century. The composition presents the Virgen de las Angustias offering the recumbent body of Christ on the altar, framed by the Vera Crux from which hangs a symbolic shroud. It is necessary to differentiate this iconography from the conventional Pietà; while the latter captures the intimate moment of the descent, the Granada version acquires a liturgical and public dimension, presenting the Son as a Eucharistic sacrifice. This typology is inscribed in the boom of the iconographic programs of the Hispanic Baroque, which expanded through ambitious pictorial series and engravings destined both for ecclesiastical magnificence and private piety.