Miguel González (attrib.)
Flight into Egypt
Mexico, late 17th century
Oil and mother-of-pearl on wooden panel
Oil and mother-of-pearl on wooden panel
61.5 x 87 cm
Framed 84.5 x 110 cm
Framed 84.5 x 110 cm
Regardless of intellectual vicissitudes, we may now, with all the known published documentation to hand, speak in no uncertain terms of the enconchado as an artform originating in New Spain.19 The González family of artists were at the forefront of this marvelous technique from its inception right up to the height of its artistic expression, and it is in this context that this previously unpublished Flight into Egypt came into being, specifically by the hand of Miguel González.
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