Virgen del Carmen delivering the scapular to Saint Simon, attributed to Mariano Salvador Maella (Valencia ...

Virgen del Carmen delivering the scapular to Saint Simon, attributed to Mariano Salvador Maella (Valencia, 1739-Madrid, 1819)
Oil on copper, with inscription on the back "IP aº 1767". The scene represents, in vertical format, the moment in which the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus hand over the Carmelite scapular to the English Saint Simon Stock (Kent, around 1775-Bordeaux, 1285). Sixth Prior General of the Carmelite Order, 13th century. In it, Maria, sitting on a cumulus of clouds, appears barefoot, dressed in a pink tunic and a blue mantle, touched with a greenish veil that partially covers her head. On the right side of her lap we find the Child Jesus, holding the cross in her right hand. On the left, a kneeling angel carrying various Carmelite scapulars on a tray, completing the scene with two angels at the top of the composition. According to the Doctor in Art History, D. José Ángel Rivera de las Heras, "The work is framed, therefore, after his Roman stage. And on a specific date, the year 1767, the year in which we know that he married María González Velázquez, settling on Carretas street in Madrid ”. Reference bibliography: Louis Réau, Iconography of the Saints. From P to Z. Volume 2, volume 5, Barcelona, ​​1998. pp. 229-230 ; Juan Fernando Roig, Iconography of the saints, Barcelona, ​​1950, p. 251 ; Jose Luis Morales and Marin, Mariano Salvador Maella. Life and work, Zaragoza, 1996. Copper measurements: 30 x 26 cm. Measures with frame: 39 x 33 cm Juan Fernando Roig, Iconography of the saints, Barcelona, ​​1950, p. 251 ; Jose Luis Morales and Marin, Mariano Salvador Maella. Life and work, Zaragoza, 1996. Copper measurements: 30 x 26 cm. Measures with frame: 39 x 33 cm Juan Fernando Roig, Iconography of the saints, Barcelona, ​​1950, p. 251 ; Jose Luis Morales and Marin, Mariano Salvador Maella. Life and work, Zaragoza, 1996. Copper measurements: 30 x 26 cm. Measures with frame: 39 x 33 cm