Large oil on linen painting depicting the Madonna holding the Christ Child against a dramatic red sky. The composition features the Virgin Mary draped in a deep blue mantle gazing toward the infant Christ, who looks upward toward a trumpet-bearing angel. Additional symbolic elements appear throughout the scene, including a winged pear floating in the sky and a pear with a serpent in the foreground, introducing surrealist symbolism within the devotional subject. The landscape background with distant architecture and winding path further enhances the dreamlike setting. Signed and dated “Gattorno 1946” lower left.

Antonio Gattorno was a significant Cuban modernist painter associated with the Vanguardia movement, known for blending European modernist influences with Caribbean and symbolic imagery. His work often combines classical religious themes with surrealist and symbolic elements. Works by Gattorno are held in major collections including the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana.

Medium: Oil on linen
Dimensions: 55 x 44 inches (canvas size)

Condition: Appears in good overall condition with minor surface wear consistent with age. The painting presents well within the frame.

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