Martín Gómez the Elder - The Virgin with Child, St Elizabeth and St John

Martín Gómez the Elder
The Virgin with the Child, St Elizabeth and infant St John
Oil on panel
94,5 by 74,5 cm
Cuenca, 1555 – 1560

Literature: Ibáñez Martínez, PM: “Una tabla renacentista de Martín el Viejo y Gonzalo Gómez”, Galería Antiqvaria, n.º 159, 1988, pp. 104 y 105.
Ibáñez Martínez, PM, “Pinturas últimamente conocidas de los Gómez: un ciclo evolutivo completo”, Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar, n.º 104, 2009, pp. 211-243, Fig. 6.

The sensitivity and care in the execution of the painting would make us suppose that we are dealing with a devotional work of art, made for a very small oratory which allows its immediate contemplation at eyesight.