Antique Italian Old Master Oil Painting 18thC Madonna & Child Oval Framed For Sale

Stunning Antique European Old Master Oil Painting "Maddona and Christ Child"Up for sale or sale is a beautiful antique religious oil painting on canvas dating from the 18th Century (or early 19th Century). This evocative devotional work depicts the Madonna holding the Christ Child, accompanied by a young Saint John the Baptist and a cherubic figure in the upper right background. The artwork demonstrates classic Continental School styling with beautiful flesh tones, delicate modeling, and dark dramatic chiaroscuro lighting.Subject: Madonna and Child with Saint John the BaptistStyle: Old Master / Continental School / Italian School.Medium: Oil on CanvasFormat: OvalFrame: Period-appropriate carved wooden oval gilt frameDimensions: 23" x 18" inches (Including frame)Authentic Craquelure: The painting surface displays a beautifully dense, well-developed network of natural, fine age cracks (craquelure). This uniform web-like pattern runs consistently across the flesh tones of both the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. This is a primary indicator of authentic age and shows that the original paint layers are fully settled and integrated.Canvas Relining: The canvas was professionally relined in its past history to stabilize and preserve the original paint layer for centuries to come.Period Wood Strainer: The inner oval support ring is an authentic 18th-century fixed wooden strainer. It retains a gorgeous aged dark patina, hand-carved construction, and tiny historic woodworm flight holes (long inactive and typical of authentic regional European timber from the period).Frame Assembly: The outer gilded decorative frame is an exceptional historic match. The inner wood strainer is securely anchored into the frame recess using modern wire conservation nails to keep the old assembly robust and tight. Faint historic inventory/sale pencil numbers ("30 22") are still visible on the reverse wood frame.