Why it matters
The Virgin, surrounded by angels and crowned with stars, tramples a snake. It was one of seven altarpieces Charles III of Spain commissioned from Tiepolo for the Church of San Pascual in Aranjuez.
Did you know?
- It was commissioned in March 1767.
- The church was then still under construction.
- The dogma was only defined by Pius IX in 1854.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Immaculate Conception (Tiepolo) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
