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"The Bathing of the Child" - "The Nativity" large oil on canvas 17th century religious subject
Beautiful subject depicting the Nativity of Christ, with the Virgin Mary reclining in the background, two midwives bathing and caring for the newborn Infant Jesus (evocation of Christ's baptism and human nature), iconography based on the apocryphal Gospels.
Very luminous colors
Italian school, second half of the 17th century
Some wear and tear
Very expressive and realistic faces, beautiful drapery of fabrics
Re-finished
Part of a suite of 3 (other works for sale in my gallery)
Recent frame
Frame: width: 94.3 cm height: 72.7 cm
View width: 80.2 cm h: 59.1 cm
Ref: EU4S4YEMC2