The iconography represented in this beautiful canvas corresponds to the image of Our Lady of the Innocent and the Destitute. This advocation of the Virgin is deeply rooted in the region of Valencia, where it appeared in the 15^th century, but is also found in Peru thanks to the promotion of this solemn Marian image carried out by the Count of Lemos, Viceroy of Peru, who promoted the building of a chapel in her name in 1672. What stands out, and what helps frame this image within the mystic repertoire of the Viceroyalty, is that, beyond respecting and reproducing the required attributes of the original icon, it is completed with decorative and compositional elements that are clearly rooted locally, such as gilt work that is iconic of the school of Cuzco and the way in which the details have been treated, without doubt imbuing them with an unmistakably indigenous air.

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