#madonna e santi

Beautiful oil painting on panel from the late seventeenth century. The work is inspired by the models of the Spanish painter Francisco Pacheco del Rio (1564-1644) and was painted on a very thick panel, evidence of the work's antiquity (see photo). It features many characters, skillfully rendered despite the small size of the piece, which was perhaps intended as a preparatory sketch for a larger work.Eyes and hands are rendered with great skill, as are the clouds and the rest of the objects prese...