Madonna del Velo
Painting on previously lined canvas • Studio of Onorio Marinari
AI-generated identification · may be incorrect
Style & Movement
Florentine Baroque
Medium & Technique
Oil on canvas, traditional brushwork
Creation Period
Late 17th century
Subject Description
The Virgin Mary lifting a veil to reveal the sleeping Christ Child, characterized by devotional chiaroscuro and a purpose-built larger format.
Condition & AI Estimated Value
Condition Assessment
Good condition, featuring an old relining and stable paint surface with minor age-related craquelure.
Estimated Market Value
Not an official valuation$8,000 - $12,000
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Collector Notes
DETAILS Medium Oil on canvas Painting 114 x 83 cm Overall, framed 146 x 103 cm Support Previously lined canvas Format Purpose-made larger version; no evidence of later extension ATTRIBUTION SUMMARY A substantial and accomplished late seventeenth-century studio version of Marinari's Madonna del Velo, closely related to the picture in Palazzo Corsini, Rome. The present painting is larger than the Corsini work and the recorded 100 x 80 cm atelier version. Its handling is slightly broader and more abstracted than the highly polished Corsini picture, while remaining firmly within Marinari's Florentine devotional language. The preferred catalogue formulation is Studio of Onorio Mar