The Immaculate Conception

Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli (1654 - 1735)

Scottish National Gallery

circa 1700

A standing figure of the Virgin Mary with her hands clasped across her breast. She stands on a cloud with two heads of cherubim encompassed by the horns of a crescent moon. This work displays Ponsonelli's virtuoso technique - the varied surface treatment provides flickering reflections to enhance the surging and billowing of the Virgin's draperies.

• Medium: marble
• Dimensions: height: 111cm
• Art Fund Grant: £80000 ( Total: £240,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2005
• Vendor: Lopez de Aragon

Provenance

Private collection, Spain; Lopez de Aragon, Madrid.

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