Antique painting ,oil on canvas crucifixion, 18th century

This painting depicts a classic Crucifixion of Jesus with the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist at the foot of the cross. In the center is the crucified Christ surmounted by the cartouche with the inscription "I.N.R.I." On the left is the grieving Madonna with her hands clasped in prayer, wrapped in a dark cloak, while on the right is portrayed St. John the Evangelist looking upward in a bright red cloak. The symmetrical arrangement of the mourners on either side of the cross echoes a very strong Renaissance and Counter-Reformation iconographic tradition. The structure of Christ's slender body and the restrained drama of the faces hark back to the Tuscan-Roman models of the late 16th century, strongly influenced by the famous drawings of the Crucifixion made by Michelangelo Buonarroti for Vittoria Colonna (compositions disseminated at the time by artists such as Marcello Venusti or Scipione Pulzone). It is likely a work attributable to the Italian School (probably Tuscan or Emilian) dating from the late 17th century to the early 18th century. The small format and support suggest that it was a painting intended for private or domestic devotion. The painting is in very good condition presents a rintelo but shows no pictorial restorations. meas. h.27.5 X L.19 CM