# Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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## Artwork

- Artist: [NOVELLI, Pietro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/novelli-pietro-r3a9cf32f313832>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The clarity of composition and elegant way each figure can be identified make this noble altarpiece a truly fundamental work in Baroque religious painting in Sicily. It was originally commissioned for the church of S. Maria Valverde in Palermo.

## Related artworks

- [Cain and Abel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/novelli-pietro-r3a9cf32f313832/cain-and-abel-r43f83a2db27fad>)
- [Marriage of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/novelli-pietro-r3a9cf32f313832/marriage-of-the-virgin-ra271e0e744dfb9>)
- [Portrait of a Young Man with an Earring](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/novelli-pietro-r3a9cf32f313832/portrait-of-a-young-man-with-an-earring-r0f20f329546336>)

## Attribution

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