Pair Of Paintings Depicting Allegorical Scenes, Naples, 17th Century

The first composition is set in a wooded landscape, with nude female figures reclining in the foreground beside a stream, attended by winged cherubs. One of the figures receives a plate overflowing with pearls from a cherub, while in the background a vast landscape unfolds, featuring mountains and a dramatic sky pierced by rays of light breaking through the clouds. The composition follows a late-Mannerist/Baroque style, with a warm color palette against a dark background, typical of the 17th-century Neapolitan painting tradition.

The second scene, with an allegorical-devotional flavor, depicts a draped female figure lifting a child toward a dove tied with a red ribbon, held at the other end by a cherub in a riverside landscape with figures and animals in the background. The composition features strong chiaroscuro, with a dominant dark background and light concentrated on the main figures, in the strict Neapolitan tradition.