Religious Surrealist Painting of Jesus and Mary from Peru, "Virgin of Perpetual Help"
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This image of Mary is known as the Virgin of Perpetual Help. Combining Byzantine iconography with the style of the Cuzco School, Peruvian artist Jose Ponce de Leon paints a truly stunning composition of Mary as she holds baby Jesus, flanked by two angels. Wearing regal attire, the pair are captured in a pictorial style that also harks back to colonialism. Gold leaf designs in relief complete this stunning painting.
Titled Virgen del perpetuo socorro in Spanish.
- 0.10 kgs
- 0.2 lbs
- 40 cm W x 60 cm H
- 15.75" W x 23.5" H
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