TALLER VALENCIANO

(S. XIX)

VALENCIAN WORKSHOP (19TH CENTURY) "The Immaculate Conception"

Tile panel. Reference bibliography: Girones Sarrio, I., “El significat iconogràfic de la Purissima de la Plaça Major, Almaig (Estudis i documents), Ontinyent, 1998, ·Perez Guillen, I., “Valencian ceramic painting of the 18th century”, Edicions Alfons el Magnànim, Valencia, 1991, p. 98. Exhibitions: ·“Tota Pulchra Es. Iconographic exhibition of the Purissima a Ontinyent”, Museu Arcqueològic d'Ontinyent i de la Vall d'Albaida, 2004, pp. 60-61. This antique ceramic panel depicts one of the most deeply rooted Valencian devotions: the Immaculate Conception or Purisima. Its conservation, apart from some minor defects and damage, is very good and it is presented framed. Both the model of the image and its painted faux frame are faithfully based on the print by Tomas de Rocafort depicting the "True Image of the Immaculate Conception of the Town of Onteniente", dated 1817. The colors used are those common in Valencian workshops of the period: yellow, orange, ochre, blue, and purple, in different shades, with the last one used in an intense tone to outline the figures. Dimensions: . Made up of 4 x 3 pieces measuring . Measurements: 80 x 60 cm