Gabriel José Ovalle (follower of)
ADVOCATIONS OF THE VIRGIN
Dated “Año. de 1782”
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
48.8 x 65.7 cm
Provenance
Private collection
In 1782 Ovalle is thought to have painted this curious canvas, Advocations of the Virgin, a visual narrative that sets itself up as a perfect manual of Marian iconography where, from left to right, we observe depictions of the following Marian titles: the Coronation of the Virgin, Assumption of Mary and Our Lady of Guadalupe...
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