File:Sagrados corazones de Jesús y María (Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary), workshop of Vicente López Portaña.jpg

English: Painting of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary by Vicente López Portaña.

The work of the Sacred Hearts is part of the donations made to the Real Monasterio de la Visitación de Santa María by its founder, the Infanta Doña María Francisca de Asís de Braganza y Borbón.

The theme represented is original by Vicente López. Various versions of the same theme are known by the artist, this painting being the most complete from an iconographic point of view.

Two spaces are differentiated, where two areas converge: the upper part as a reflection of the divine, and the lower part as a representation of the earthly. The celestial world is characterized by the circular composition based on cherubs and little angels. On the left, they are carrying the symbols of the Passion and Death of Christ: the cross, the spear, the nails, the thorns, the chalice with the Holy Eucharist, vines and the pelican feeding its young. To their right, they carry Marian attributes: the star, the flowers, the face of Christ and the moon.

The set of cherubs and angels frame the second halo, in which Christ's crown of thorns and the Virgin's crown of flowers are intertwined.

Inevitably, the focus of attention is on the Sacred Hearts, endowed with the corresponding iconography of Jesus and Mary. On the right, the heart presents the Marian attributes: the flowers and the crown. On the left, the heart shows the crown of thorns and the cross, all enveloped in golden light.

As for the lower part referring to the earthly world, the three angels hold the divine viscera and the seven flaming hearts. Among them, a walled city appears, crossed by a lake, which can be interpreted as the union between heaven and Purgatory. As a last notable element, the snake with the apple in reference to sin.