Bidspirit auction | Virgin and Child. Attributed to

Virgin and Child. Attributed to Vicente López. Spanish School. 19th Century - Oil on panel. Dimensions: 36 x 27.5 cm (43.5 x 34.8 x 3.5 cm with frame). This devotional work depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child in a setting of golden light and balanced composition. The delicacy of the faces, the soft modeling, and the chromatic clarity are reminiscent of 19th-century Valencian academicism, characteristic of the workshop of Vicente López. The neutral background highlights the serene spirituality of the sacred group. Provenance: aristocratic collection, Elche. A paradigmatic example of Spanish academic religious painting from the reign of Isabella II.