Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)Sacred Art & IconographyOur Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)Oil and gold on canvas, Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740, Metropolitan Museum of ArtCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/ourladyofmercy-met-2018-652-4.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/ourladyofmercy-met-2018-652-4Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-our-lady-of-mercy-called-the-pilgrim-of, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/ourladyofmercy-met-2018-652-4}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA 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.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAmericas, Continents Well-attested 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)tier 1Peru, Countries Well-attested 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)tier 1Belongs to TraditionRoman Catholicism, Denominations Well-attested Source Our Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)tier 1DepictsOur Lady of Mercy, Figures Well-attested 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)tier 1SourcesOur Lady of Mercy, called the Pilgrim of Quito, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cuzco School, circa 1730 to 1740)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of Art 2018.652.4View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year