Madonna of SS. Rosary
Santissimo Rosario Confraternity - Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace
Gagliano of Catanzaro
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Madonna of SS. Rosario (Calabria)
Santissimo Rosario Confraternity
Foundation year: 1712
City: Catanzaro Gagliano district
Archdiocese: Catanzaro-Squillace
Artistic artefact (canvas, fresco, statue, etc.): Canvas
Title: Madonna del SS. Rosary
Dimensions: 2x1,50 m
Year of execution: 1775
Author (with year of birth and death): Scavelli Rosario birth Taverna second half 1700, death uncertain
Brief description of the work and of the author profile: Madonna with Child in the act of offering the Rosary crown to St. Dominic prostrate at his feet. Canvas surrounded by small panels painted with scenes from the fifteen mysteries. Painter of the Mannerist pictorial school of Taverna di Mattia Preti.