Madonna of the Olive Tree Painted on Canvas with Grass Juice

Ancient "grass juice" painting depicting the "Madonna dell'ulivo",
on canvas The painting, which has a finely embroidered fabric border around it, is applied to a panel and inserted into a frame.

" Grass juice is a typical 18th century painting technique, an alternative to the more laborious tapestry, which consisted of painting directly on the canvas with a very compact and resistant weave, with colours of vegetal origin, the colours were absorbed by the canvas offering a pictorial result very similar to watercolour".

Dimensions with frame: 95 X 122 cm
Painting dimensions: 88 X 114 cm