DOLCI, Carlo
(b. 1616, Firenze, d. 1687, Firenze)

Virgin at Prayer

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Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 cm
Private collection

This painting, of which many variants and copies are known, was produced for private devotion. The deep blue robe and the pearly fleshtones are characteristic, as is the placement of the protagonist so close to the pictorial plane.