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Northern School, 17th Century The Nativity By Candlelight
Oil on panel depicting the Virgin unveiling the Christ Child, surrounded by St. Joseph and two male figures in a nocturnal scene.
The composition is enlivened by a single light source, a candle, whose illumination is well rendered, shaping the faces and creating an effective play of chiaroscuro.
The figures, close together in the foreground, emerge from a dark background in an intimate atmosphere typical of northern Caravaggesque scenes.
30 x 25 cm unframed
43 x 38 cm with frame
Post-modern molded and gilded wood frame (19th century)
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