DepartmentLatin America

Nuestra Senora de los Amparos

NamePainting

Artist Artist not recorded

Date1873 or 1878

Place madePotosí, Bolivia, South America

Place madeCochabamba, Bolivia, South America

MediumMetal (tin), paint

DimensionsOverall: 11 15/16 x 8 13/16 in. (30.4 x 22.4 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.1974.26.73

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionCrowded and flower haloed virgin and child, both clothed in flowered metallic gold garments. Two sinners, naked, appear at the hem of the virgin's gown, one reaches up to her. A rainbow like banner backs them, all against a backdrop of blue and hazy gold.