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Depiction of mary dressed indecently
Seville, Choir of the convent of la Cartuja (Monasterio de la Cartuja)
Pacheco states that Mary must be depicted decently in her Betrothal scene. The artist Don Luis Pascual was criticised by the Spanish author, whose painting shows a Virgin Mary not dressed “appropriately in correspondence to Her greatness and importance”. The reason for such criticism is because the artist depicted her without a mantle, “with a large Venetian skirt very tucked into the waist, full of many bows of colored ribbons and with large sleeves”. (Pacceho 1990, book 3, ch.12, 591-592)