Jacinto Carbajal school, late 18th century (Peru) - Lot 240

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Jacinto Carbajal school, late 18th century (Peru) - Lot 240
Jacinto Carbajal school, late 18th century (Peru) The Apparition of the Virgin of Caima in a Landscape of Eden with Inca Caciques in Orant Oil on canvas 121 x 192.7 cm Provenance: Peyton Wright Gallery, Sante Fe, USA Private Collection, Miami Exhibitions: Lyon, Andes Célestes, Musée d'art religieux de Fourvière, March 18 to June 30, 2017, page 50 and 51 of the exhibition catalog. Versailles, Musée Lambinet, September 17 to December 24, 2011. Pages 50 and 51 in the catalog "Faste et ferveur d'Amérique latine". Le Mans, Musée de Tessé, Baroque des Andes exhibition, November 6 2010 - March 6 2011. Castres, Musée Goya, March 18, 2011 - June 12, 2011. Musée du pays de Sarrebourg, Andean Baroque exhibition, June 25 - September 4, 2011. Paris, Musée de la Chasse, Les Anges arquebusiers exhibition, February 1 - March 1, 2012. Mexico, Miradas comparadas, July 12 - October 7, 2012. Auch, Musée des Amériques, Baroque Painting of the Andes, April 4 - June 1, 2014, extended to September 21, 2014. Montbrison, Secret des couleurs de l'Europe aux Andes, March 21 to September 27, 2015, page 38-39. La Rochelle, Musée du Nouveau Monde, De l'or, des anges et des roses exhibition, December 18, 2014 - March 31, 2015, extended until September 21, 2015. The imposing format of this canvas is commensurate with the subject represented: the Virgin of Caima, ensures protection and prosperity for the Inca Indian people. She is the Virgin of Purification, honored on February 2, just like the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, which coincides with Candlemas. In the left foreground, 5 Indian figures adore the Virgin Mary. On the right, 2 female figures hold a medallion depicting the Virgin as the "Benefactress of the Unhappy Indians". The Flemish influence is clearly evident in the vertical division of the composition, with a meticulously detailed mountainous landscape in the background on the right: the houses of a village and, further away, a church in Caima near Arequipa, which still exists and which the painting has faithfully reproduced. The overall composition reveals a luxuriant natural environment, rich in flowers, fruit and birds, in a decorative style dear to South American artists, and representing Inca beliefs.
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