# Virgin at Prayer

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DOLCI, Carlo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 56 x 44 cm

## Commentary

This painting, of which many variants and copies are known, was produced for private devotion. The deep blue robe and the pearly fleshtones are characteristic, as is the placement of the protagonist so close to the pictorial plane.

## Related artworks

- [Guardian Angel Tutoring the Christian Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/guardian-angel-tutoring-the-christian-child-r46a930ccef08b3>)
- [Magdalene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/magdalene-rf8e0bd23f85e8e>)
- [Martyrdom of St Andrew](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/martyrdom-of-st-andrew-rfe1af3ade4685a>)
- [Moses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/moses-rba8adda1ceeefb>)
- [Portrait of Ainolfo de&#39; Bardi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/portrait-of-ainolfo-de-bardi-detail-r8bc967a030bdad>)
- [Portrait of Ainolfo de&#39; Bardi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/portrait-of-ainolfo-de-bardi-r51381f3f887523>)
- [Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere in Widow&#39;s Weeds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/portrait-of-vittoria-della-rovere-in-widows-weeds-r3443fc6aba4a05>)
- [Saint Jerome in Prayer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/saint-jerome-in-prayer-r16e4b8af06d9ac>)
- [Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/salome-with-the-head-of-st-john-the-baptist-rf9d58f1e3f32ee>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/self-portrait-r1b72d21d00a0a7>)
- [St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/st-catherine-r6fdd215d6f56a0>)
- [St Catherine Reading a Book](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/st-catherine-reading-a-book-rf17b3cd7ee5fce>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)