Immaculate Conception

This painting uses different iconographic models in a synthesis of symbols: She is portrayed as the Queen of Heaven with her crown and cape with stars; but also identified as the woman described in the Apocalypses: ‘Dressed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and crowned with twelve stars.’ In a later passage, it is stated that ‘she was given two eagle wings’, characteristics that complement the Immaculate image along with apocalyptic virgins.