Artwork
The Virgin's Protection, or Stole
The Virgin's Protection, or Stole is an unspecified painting by the Early Baroque Italian artist Unknown. It dates from 1525 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland.
About this work
Overview
The Virgin's Protection, or Stole is a painting depicting a group of figures gathered around a central figure in front of a white building with green domes.
Subject & Meaning
The central figure, wearing a dark robe with a red sash and haloed in light, is surrounded by a semi-circle of people in colorful robes, suggesting a scene of reverence or protection.
Technique & Style
The painting features a formal, stiff arrangement of figures, emphasizing grandeur and importance through the use of color, texture, and chiaroscuro, a technique that exploits strong contrasts between light and dark.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
The Dormition of the Virgin
Acoperământul Maicii Domnului; Pocrovul
Untitled
Pääsiäinen ja kirkkovuoden juhlia, venäläinen ikoni
Great Deesis with Prophets
Duminica Tuturor Sfinților
Synaxis of All Saints
Neitsyt Marian ilmestyminen pyhittäjä Aleksanteri Syväriläiselle kirkon perustuksella
Ascension of Christ with the Hetoimasia
Acoperământul Maicii Domnului, înconjurată de cetele Sfinților Părinți și ale Prorocilor
Înălțarea Domnului
The Creation of the World