The Virgin In Prayer

1630-80 (Baroque)

45.4 cm 61.8 cm

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The Virgin's simple garments and unadorned hair indicate her humility, and the halo of light radiating from her head testifies to her sanctity and purity. The regular shapes of the Virgin's features and the upturned gaze reveal Sassoferrato's study of the work of Guido Reni (1...

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Agostini Family, Sassoferrato [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unkonwn] [1881 catalogue: no. 144; 1897 catalogue: no. 255]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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