March Auction
Lot 170:
Monumental Antique Oil Painting Our Lady of the Rosary After Murillo Signed M. Franceschini Firenze
Description
Monumental antique oil on canvas painting depicting the Madonna and Child (also known as the Madonna of the Rosary), after a work by Bartolome Esteban Murillo signed lower right Marcantonio Franceschini (After). The original was created by Murillo circa 1650 and is currently housed in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy.
Subject: A classic religious depiction of Madonna and Child, the Virgin Mary (the Madonna) holding the Christ Child.
Style: Classical/Baroque style, framed in an exceptional, ornate and heavy giltwood frame.
Origin: Likely Italian, dating from the mid-to-late 1800s.
Canvas measures 52 inches H x 37 W, frame measures 67 x 53 inches.
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