Viceregal Latin American Art

Our Lady of Valvanera
c. 1700
Oil on canvas
Signed “D. Francisco de Morales fessi”
Inscription “Bolvio el rosto XP por no ver ū sacrile”

Mexico, 17th18th century
Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
Cuzco School, 18th century
Oil on canvas

Cuzco (Peru), last third of the 17th century
Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
Guatemala, 18th century
Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
Cuzco(Peru), c. 1720–1750
Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
Guatemala, c. 1790
Carved and polychromed wood

Unidentified artist
Viceroyalty of Peru (Peru), 18th century
Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
Lake Titicaca workshop, c. 1730
Oil and gold on copper

Unidentified artist
New Spain (Mexico), first half of the 18th century
Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
Mexico, Late 17th century
Carved, gilt and polychromed wood, gilt bronze

Unidentified artist
Chairapata, Potosí (Bolivia), 1813
Oil on canvas
Inscription “Verdadero retrato de Nuestra Señora. de Guadalupe de Chairapata, a devoción de Su Párroco el D. D. Manuel de Lossada, y Amezaga Año de 1813.”

Unidentified artist
Quito (Ecuador), 18th century
Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
Lake Titicaca workshop, c. 1730
Oil and gold on copper

Viceroyalty of Peru (Peru)
Oil on canvas
Inscription “A devocion del YLmo Señor Dr. Dn. Juan Manuel
Moscoco y Peralta, Natural de la Ciudad de Arequipa Dionissimo
Obispo de la Ciudad de Cordoba.”

Quito (Ecuador), 2nd half of the 17th century
Polychromed wood

Unidentified artist
Brazil, 18th century
Carved and polychromed wood

Unidentified artist
Viceroyalty of Peru (Peru), 17th century
Oil on canvas
Inscription above his head “PAX ET A IVSTITIA DEI”
Inscription on the plinth “NOLO MORTE PECCATORIS SED VI MAGIS COVERTATVR ET VIVAT, EZEC, 33.”

Unidentified artist
Upper Peru (Bolivia), 18th century
Oil and gold on brass

Unidentified artist
Queretaro (Mexico), Late 17th–early 18th century
Polychromed terracotta

Unknown artist
Ayacucho (Peru), 17th century
Carved Huamanga stone, encaustic polychrome, gold leaf estofado

Unidentified artist
Lake Titicaca workshop, c. 1730
Oil and gold on copper

Unidentified artist
Viceroyalty of Peru (Peru), 17th century
Oil on canvas
Inscription above his head “BENIGNITAS ET MANSVTVDODI”
Inscription of the plinth “ETENIM DOMN 9 DABIT BENIGNITATEM Y ET TERRA NOSTRA DABIT FRVCTUM SVUM PSA. 84”

Viceroyalty of Peru, Last third of the 16th century
Oil on canvas

Anonymous artist
Viceroyalty of Peru, mid-18th century
Inscription: MACICAO

Enconchado, oil and mother of-pearl, inlay on panel.

Enconchado, oil and mother of-pearl, inlay on panel.

Unidentified artist
Mexico, last quarter of the 17th century
Oil and mother-of-pearl on wooden panel

Unidentified artist
Mexico, last quarter of the 17th century
Oil and mother-of-pearl on wooden panel

Anonymous artist, Cuzco School.
18th century
Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
Viceroyalty of Peru (Peru), 17th century
Oil on canvas

Mexico, c. 1697–1703
Signed ‘Ju, Go, Fe’
Oil and mother-of-pearl on wooden panel

Last third of the 18th century
Carved, gilt, polychromed wood

First third of the 18th century
Oil on canvas
Signed “Po Calderon fec. Mexco 173”

Unidentified artist
Cuzco (Peru), first half of the 18th century
Oil on canvas

Upper Peru
Cedar wood, painted in oil with purpurin gilding. Iron hinges, lock and key.

Oil on canvas

Triptych case
Unidentified artist
Japan, Momoyama Period (1572–1615), c. 1610

Painting
Unidentified artist
New Spain (Mexico), 17th century
Wood, lacquer, gold and silver dust, mother-of-pearl,
colored glass and gilt bronze mounts; oil on copper plate

Viceroyalty of Peru (Peru), 17th century
Silver in own color, cast, beaten and chased

Oil on canvas

Unidentified artist
New Spain (Mexico), first half of the 18th century
Twelve adjoined wooden panels, oil on red makie lacquer

Unidentified artist
Peru, 17th century
Oil on copper

Anonymous artist
Titicaca, Peru
First half of the 18th century
Oil on canvas stuck to wooden panel

Peru, early 19th century.
Initials of former owner: J. CH
Cast and chased silver, carved wood and leather.

Viceroyalty of Peru, 18th century.

Chiseled, embossed, engraved and cast silver.

New Spain (Mexico), 18th century
Carved mahogany, red damask, gold leaf decoration

Unknown artist
Ayacucho (Peru), late 17th century
Carved Huamanga stone, encaustic polychrome, gold leaf estofado
Inscriptions: upper left side “DÑS MIHI A DIVTOR”, left side “SANCTUS FERDINANDUS HISPANIAE REXSARA CENORV MATER RORA CRELIGIO”

Mexico, late 17th century
Oil and mother-of-pearl on wooden panel

Cuzco, Peru, 18th century.
Oil on canvas

Mexico, Tonalá, 1710
Earthenware
Molded, shaped and burnished with slip (engobe); single firing. Polychrome wooden lid

Unidentified artist
New Spain (Mexico), c. 1650–1700
Oil on copper

Mexico, late 17th century
Oil and mother-of-pearl on wooden panel

Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

Mexico, active second half of 17th century
Enconchado, oil and mother of-pearl, inlay on panel.
Signed: Miguel Gonzal
Inscription: AGNUS ADEST AGNIS

Dated “Año. de 1782”
Oil on canvas

New Granada. Anonymous. Quito School.
Pinewood, glass eyes, gold, silver, gilt copper, imitation emerald gemstones, fabric, glue and iron.
Carved polychrome wood, gilded using “coquilla” brushed gold leaf technique, carnation, silver applied using silver gilding or “corladura” technique, glued fabric, silver filigree and thin sheets of gilt copper.

Macau, China.
Lacquered and gilt-wood

Vice-Regency of Peru

Gilt silver; cast, turned, engraved, finely punched with dots and slightly raised in relief.
State of preservation: excellent.
Mark repeated twice at the base of the cylindrical body: royal crown inside a pearled circle.

Viceroyalty of Peru, Cuzco.
Carved wood, gilt and polychrome, covered with gold leaf.

Gilt silver
Silversmith brand: Miguel Guerra Ávila.
City mark and tax mark: Royal crown.

Silk embroidered in silk and metallic thread.

Cuzco School
Wooden chest with iron fittings, handles, and lock. Lid of the chest lined in studded leather.

Unidentified artist
Cuzco (Peru), mid-18th century
Oil on canvas

Cuzco
Partially silver gilt with enamels. Molded, cast, chiseled and openwork silver.

Cast, hammered and carved silver.

Viceroyalty of Peru

Gilt silver and enamels; cast, embossed and chiselled.
State of preservation: excellent.

Peru
Embossed, cast, and glossed-punched silver.

Mexico, Tonalá.
Earthenware, red burnished pot, incise, punched and stamped decoration. Red slip, one fire, bisque.

Mexico City

Gold-plated, cast, lathed, embossed, chiseled and gloss-punched silver.

Marks: AN/TES (with an inverted letter “N” and cast final letters “ES”), masculine right profile head on o/M within the two crowned columns, nailed tower on a pillar in water and OÑA/TE (both lines set part by a horizontal bar) and a little swan turned to the left inside an oval.

Anonymous artist
Viceroyalty of New Granada, Audiencia of Quito (current Ecuador).
Polychrome wood, with metal lock.

Unidentified artist
Guatemala, 18th century
Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas
Inscription: R. de N Sa del Cortijo de la Villa de Soto de los Cameros Obpdo. de Calaorra Cop.de su original â devocion de Dn Antonio de Benito y Vallejo Natural de dicha Villa por Josef Villanueva â 16 de Enero de 1737

Vice-Regency of Peru.
Cedar and fruit tree wood.
Clasp and keyhole, handle and hinges made of hammered wrought iron.

Oil on Copper

Wood, Tortoiseshell, Mother-of-Pearl, silver.

Mexico City

Silver, partially gilded. Cast, engraved and inscribed.
Marks appear several times: LNC, M with a crown and eagle in flight.