Circle of Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao
Immaculate Conception
Cuzco (Peru), last third of the 17th century
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
183 x 138 cm
Provenance
Private collection
The iconographic configuration of the Immaculate Conception is the end result of the complex translation of a series of dogmatic propositions into a visual image. The Virgin Mary, conceived free of original sin, needed to be depicted in an efficient manner in order to become a universal symbol.
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