"The Bath Of The Child Nativity Oil On Canvas Italian School Large Religious Painting Th. 17th"
"The Bath of the Child" - "The Nativity" large oil on canvas from the 17th century on a religious subject Very beautiful subject representing the scene of the Nativity of Christ, with the Virgin Mary lying in the background, two midwives occupying and bathing the newborn Child Jesus (evocation of baptism and the human nature of Christ), iconography based on the apocryphal gospels Very bright colors Italian school of the second half of the 17th century Some wear and tear Very expressive faces and very realistic, beautiful draped fabrics Re-canvased work which is part of a suite of 3 (other works for sale in my gallery) Recent frame Frame: width: 94.3 cm h: 72.7 cm View width: 80.2 cm h: 59.1 cm