The Announcing Angel - Carlo Maratta (Camerano, 1625 – Rome, 1713) Workshop Oil on canvas 63 x 75 cm. - Gilded wooden frame 89 x 75 cm. Excellent condition, restorations, 19th century frame Complete details of the work (Click HERE) The proposed work depicts the Archangel Gabriel about to deliver the supreme announcement to the Virgin, offering her the canonical white lilies, symbol of purity and chastity: it is a splendid subject, created with great stylistic quality, probably commissioned for private use and therefore particularly pleasant and easy to place. The Angel takes on the appearance of a young man of rare beauty, with delicate features, wrapped in a white tunic with soft drapes, all marked by an intense classicism, where a balanced composition directs the observer's attention to his face. Observing the stylistic characteristics of pleasant quality, both from the point of view of compositional invention and from the point of view of execution, and the elegance of the design, we are oriented to approach its area of origin to a painter of Roman matrix active between the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the next century. In particular, the work is to be attributed to an author active in the close entourage of the master Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome, 1713), one of the greatest exponents of 17th-century classicism, or to an author active in his flourishing Roman workshop. The canvas clearly highlights the typical qualities of the master, with a style capable of calibrating the taste of classicism - the figure is distinguished by an idealized beauty, which draws the bases from the 'classic' models of Guido Reni - with a baroque free of excesses, two apparently contrasting trends that Maratta knew how to reconcile with surprising results. Thanks to the exceptional critical and collecting fortune, his works constituted an absolute reference model, a paradigm of a pictorial style balanced in each of its components (drawing, color, composition, iconography), making it a reference point of the Roman artistic scene. Around the master gravitated a hardworking array of students and followers, which still today make it very difficult to resolve, from the attributive point of view, the compositions replicated by the author from those entrusted instead to the students, especially those intended for easy dissemination and therefore appreciated on the market. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The painting is sold complete with a pleasant wooden frame and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and descriptive iconographic card. We take care of and organize the transport of purchased works, both for Italy and abroad, through professional and insured carriers. It is also possible to see the painting in the gallery in Riva del Garda, we will be happy to welcome you to show you our collection of works. Contact us, without obligation, for any additional information. Follow us also on: https://www.instagram.com/galleriacastelbarco/?hl=it https://www.facebook.com/galleriacastelbarco/