The Virgin in Contemplation
XVII century. Oil.On display elsewhere
The work is one of the abundant copies of the Virgin painted by Onorio Marinari kept by the Galleria Sabauda in Turin as heir to the artistic assets of the House of Savoy (inv. 478, oil on canvas, 57 x 46 cm). From the Carlo Maratti collection, the canvas in the Prado Museum slightly exceeds the measurements of the original. In the Patrimonio Nacional there are two other copies of this prototype, one in the Royal Monastery of El Escorial (inv. 10035180, oil on canvas, 94 x 73.5 cm) and another, made by Amalia de Borbón in 1855, in the Royal Palace of Madrid (inv. 10078423, oil on canvas, 56 x 44 cm). (Information updated by the Department of Italian and French Painting until 1800 on 10/22/2021).
