Apotheosis of the Immaculate Conception Domingo Martinez
In this apotheosis appears, centering the composition, the Immaculate Conception, represented monumentally, on a throne of clouds, with her hands joined to the right side while looking to the left side, a twist that gives her a great sense of movement. At her feet appear, surrounding her, a multitude of angels carrying Marian attributes.
From the left side they worship the Virgin Duns Scotus and several other Franciscan saints, pontiffs, holy fathers and doctors of the Church, who were distinguished by their devotion and their writings on the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
On the right side we see the venerable Sister María Agreda and the Spanish monarchs Felipe IV, Carlos II and Felipe V, who appear crowned and with royal scepters in their hands and dressed in ermine mantles.
The Spanish crown legitimized its power over the idea of the monarch as a defender of the Catholic faith and the promotion of evangelization. Kings like Philip IV sought the appeasement of God for their many sins—and consequently also those of their subjects—through the mediation of the Virgin Mary, promoting the definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, achieving the signature of the bull. Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum by Alexander VII. Likewise, in 1664 it was requested that the feast of the Immaculate Conception be prayed with an octave under precept, and not voluntarily in the kingdoms of Spain, a request that was granted by the aforementioned pontiff.
This large-format work was made by Domingo Martínez for the main cloister of the convent of San Francisco, which was the main house of the Order of Friars Minor in Seville, and which is currently preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville.
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