Giovan Battista Salvi, known as Sassoferrato (Sassoferrato, 1609 - Roma, 1685) - Oil on canvas; cm 74 x 61
The painting is of doubtful origin. Some sustain that it comes from Chiesa del Monte, others that it comes from Palazzo Chiaramonti. In the Municipal Art Gallery there are 5 paintings of Sassoferrato, for example Virgin with Child
e Grieved Virgin
. In Virgin while praying
there is the figure of a woman, who looks at the sky and joins her hands in prayer. This subject is typical in Sassoferrato's paintings, which often depict a praying virgin.