Madonna with the Child, XVII Century, tempera on panel by a Cretan-Venetian anonymous painter.

Description:

Traces of the remaining gilding mark the bottom where the stately image of the Madonna with the Child holding up the globe stands. The typical elements of the Cretan school are evident in the treatment of the drapery, especially in the clothes of the child, and in the particular stylistic feature of the face made ​​with a dark color scheme and highlights. The Eastern influence is revealed in the intensity of the colors, in the marked shadows of the Virgin Mary’s mantle, according to a sought-after though descriptive plasticity.