NOVELLI, Pietro
(b. 1603, Monreale, d. 1647, Palermo)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

1641
Oil on canvas
Museo Diocesano, Palermo

The clarity of composition and elegant way each figure can be identified make this noble altarpiece a truly fundamental work in Baroque religious painting in Sicily. It was originally commissioned for the church of S. Maria Valverde in Palermo.