Blessed Osanna Andreasi, c.1540-1550 (oil on board)

Blessed Osanna Andreasi (La beata Osanna Andreasi), by unknow artist, c. 1540-1550, 16th Century, oil on board, 47 x 35,5 cm Whole artwork view. Painting of Blessed Osanna Andreasi from Mantua, daughter of Niccolò Andreasi and Agnese Gonzaga, belonging to the Order of Penance of St. Dominic, and wearing the typical cloth; the face absorbed in prayer, with lowered eyes, is soffused with light, emerging from the black background; the portrait is characterized by the coat-of-arms of family Andreasi, the lily, symbol of purity, and the crucifix Artista ignoto Romano Freddi Collection on loan to the Palazzo Ducale of Mantua