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VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y: The Immaculate Conception

🖼 The Immaculate Conception, c. 1618
Oil on canvas
135 × 102 cm
London, United Kingdom

Luminous light bathes a young Virgin Mary ascending through clouds, rendered with Velázquez's masterful sfumato and dynamic diagonal composition. This reinterprets Counter-Reformation theology through intimate spirituality rather than ornate tradition, establishing the artist's mature style and theological vision.

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