Virgin of the Pine
Taille douce: etching and engraving on laid paper. 1768
The list of Marian dedications with arboreal connections is endless, and their representations were very successfully disseminated through prints. Some images were reported as having appeared inside trunks. Others appeared on trees. Examples range from the Virgin of the Pine in the Canary Islands to the Virgin of Peace in Alcobendas, discovered on a fig tree, to mention just a few. It was as if the material itself expressed an inner connection with what was represented, as in primitive pantheist
ARTWORK
Manuel Salvador Carmona
– Engraver – (Author of the original work: Jorge Fernández)