The Virgin appears to St. Stanislaus Kostka, 1824 (watercolour on paper)

The Virgin appears to St. Stanislaus Kostka (La Vergine appare a san Stanislao Koska), by Tommaso Minardi, 1824, 19th Century, watercolour on paper Whole artwork view. The Virgin, surrounded by angels and puttoes venerating her, appears from a bright halo in the centre of the work; next to her, Saints Agnes, Cecilia and Barbara are playing harps and offering flowers taken from a wicker basket; one the them keeps in her arms a lamb; the looks of the protagonists are addressed to the low right side of the canvas, probably looking at the lying statue of the Polish nobleman Stanislaus Kostka National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art-GNAM