Immaculata
um 1779
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions
34,4 × 23,5 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
SLM 43
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Belvedere Collection in Vienna, where Martin Johann Schmidt's *Immaculata* (c. 1779) captivates with its intimate scale and devotional grace. This small oil on canvas painting, measuring just 34.4 ×23.5 cm, portrays the Mary in her Immaculate Conception—a central Catholic theme celebrating her sinless birth. Schmidt, known as Kser Schmidt, was a Austrian painter of the late Baroque and Rococo periods, renowned for his frescoes, altarpieces, and religious works that blended dramatic light with soft, elegant forms. Created around 1779 during the late Habsburg era, when Enlightenm...
About the Artist
Martin Johann Schmidt · 1718–1801
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