Religious subject, oil on canvas, Italy, 17th century

Oil painting on canvas. Venetian school of the 17th century. Fully in the foreground, this scene features a group of sacred figures, presenting the faces of Mary and the Child Jesus at the centre, surrounded by the young St. John in the bottom left, and three angels forming a crown around them. All the characters are happy and smiling, despite the reference to the Passion indicated by the staff topped with the Cross that John offers to Jesus. The movement of the bodies and the bright colours bring the scene to life. The painting is still on its original canvas, with no signs of previous restoration. There are several drips of colour, mainly along the lower margin and on both sides. It is presented in an antique lacquered wooden frame.