Nun Format:Enhanced Matte Print In "Saint Ferdinand III of

In "Saint Ferdinand III of Castile

which is much higher and bigger

Pedro de Moya was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period

As a boy he was taught to paint by Henry Baines

Notice the maiden in the background symbolizing virtue and innocence

Nun Format:Enhanced Matte Print In "Saint Ferdinand III ofThe composition is centred on a half length portrait of a young novice against a neutral background with a rosary in her right hand. Repeated at the upper right are some of the landscape and architectural elements of which the Cordovan master was so fond: cypresses and arcades in a courtyard with a small roof and evocations of the buildings and architecture of his home town that he so often included in his paintings.