Large Oil On Canvas Virgin Of La Paloma Seventeenth Century Spain Madrid

Large oil on canvas depicting the Virgin of La Paloma. Superb work from the Madrid school. 17th century Very beautiful rocaille frame from the 19th century. Painting re-canvased in the 1980s. 90x102cm with the frame 56x70cm the canvas alone In 1787, the nuns of Santa Juana discovered in Madrid a painting representing a Virgin whom they began to call Virgin of Solitude, for the expression of her face. Bought by Isabelle Tintero, - from the same neighborhood - it is exhibited in the hall of her home on rue de la Paloma. As sometimes happens, people begin to say that the image of this Virgin of 'La Paloma' works miracles, which gives this painting great publicity among the working classes of the neighborhood and other parts of Madrid.