OIL ON WOOD, SAINT TERESA OF ÁVILA.
Decorative Antiques - Paintings
Reference: Z6373
Oil on panel, Santa Teresa. XVII century Saint Teresa appears dressed in the habit of the order she founded, the Discalced Carmelites, in a luxurious interior, next to a table with a book (alluding to her work as a writer) and looking up, receiving divine inspiration. The burning heart that appears in his hand refers to the episode of his Transverberation. The crown that the angel wears alludes to an apparition that occurred in 1563 and that is very common in works related to monasteries and churches of Carmel: Christ put a crown on him and thanked him for what he did for his Mother. Saint Teresa of Ávila was beatified in 1614, and sanctified by Gregory XV in 1622, from which time her reproductions proliferated both in buildings and works related to the Carmelites and in many others.
· Size: 37x47,5 cms / int 27x39 cms.
350 €
