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| Keywords: Sassoferrato - The Virgin In Prayer - Walters 371861.jpg 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 1575-1642 Sassoferrato however uses more simplified forms than Reni as well as a reduced color scheme This simplicity of style was intended to convey piety Some of the artist's renderings of the subject were meant as pendants or companion paintings to images of Christ as the Savior of the World Salvator Mundi following a northern European type Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 323 450-451 1630-80 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 61 8 45 4 ; Framed cm 81 28 68 58 3 81 accession number 37 1861 15971 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 city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Il Sassoferrato Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
