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Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)

Christian Art

A Cuzco school painting of Our Lady of Mercy, venerated under this title as the merciful mother who frees the captive and shelters the faithful beneath her mantle, called here The Pilgrim of Quito. Made in Peru circa 1730 to 1740 in oil and gold on canvas, in the devotional idiom the Mercedarian order spread widely through Spanish colonial South America. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Facts
Physical Form
Medium
Oil and gold on canvas, Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1
Classification
Object Type
Painting 1
Medium (class)
Painting (general) 1
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Associated With

Americas, Continents

This source names Americas directly: "A Cuzco school painting of Our Lady of Mercy, venerated under this title as the merciful mother who frees the captive and shelters the faithful beneath her mantle, called here The Pilgrim of Quito."

Source Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)
Peru, Countries

This source names Peru directly: "Made in Peru circa 1730 to 1740 in oil and gold on canvas, in the devotional idiom the Mercedarian order spread widely through Spanish colonial South America."

Source Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)

Belongs to Tradition

Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.

Source Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)

Depicts

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title names Our Lady of Mercy as the subject of this Cuzco school painting.

Source Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)

Originated In

Peru, Countries
Source The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Our Lady of Mercy, called “The Pilgrim of Quito”
Sources
1. Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art 2018.652.4
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    A Cuzco school painting of Our Lady of Mercy, venerated under this title as the merciful mother who frees the captive and shelters the faithful beneath her mantle, called here The Pilgrim of Quito.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Our Lady of Mercy, called “The Pilgrim of Quito”
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtOriginated In: Peru, Collection record (open API), culture field
Quote, Originated In: Peru, Collection record (open API), culture field
"culture": "Peru (Cuzco)"
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