Our Lady of the Good Wind

Abstract

This short article introduces a sixteenth century picture, the property of the King of Spain, which had recently made its first public appearance in an exhibition at the Prado Museum, Madrid. Entitled ‘Our Lady of the Good Wind’ by the unknown painter, who then added the secondary title ‘The Patroness of Navigators’. Around the Madonna gather rich merchants; grateful wives whose husbands have been restored to them and ships captains, glad to rest their feet for a while on firm ground.

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Filed under: Other (Early Modern) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Art & Music