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Caspicara / Manuel Chili (1723-1796), Calvary

Caspicara / Manuel Chili (1723-1796)

Calvary

Ecuador
Polychrome graffito gilt wood

120 x 54 cm

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The episode in Christ’s Passion involving the Crucifixion is one of the most representative in colonial-era sculpture in Quito. Generally, the Calvary scenes undertaken for the city’s reredos and oratories present Christ accompanied by his Mother, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and Saint John. The base is a structure that simulates stone and represents the little mount of Golgotha, on which rest the skull and bones that allude to Adam.

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