The Virgin in Prayer

A Classic Piece of the Blessed Virgin Mary in prayer by Il Sassoferrato. 

Sassoferrato was a pseudonym for the famous Roman Baroque painter, Giovanni Battista Salvi. (August 25, 1609 – August 8, 1685) Having initially trained in the workshop of the Bolognese painter, Domenichino, it was to Guido Reni and above all Raphael to whom Sassoferrato then turned for inspiration