God the Father blessing surrounded by cherubs

It was placed above the large altarpiece of the Immaculate Conception, as if to show God’s satisfaction with the Virgin Mary, a creature chosen and preserved from all stain of sin in view of the incarnation of Jesus.

Unknown, 18th cent. (attributed to Capuchin friar Fedele da S. Biagio, dated 1794)
God the Father blessing surrounded by cherubs
Oil on canvas - from the high altar of the Capuchin church at the Camposanto in Lipari