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Collections

Unidentified sculptor
Virgin of the Rosary (Virgen del Rosario)circa 1750-1800

Not on view
Polychrome wood sculpture of a standing woman in a gold robe cradling a sleeping infant, on a green painted base
Polychrome wooden sculpture viewed from behind, a standing figure holding a small child, wearing a yellow robe painted with blue floral patterns; long carved hair flows down the back; traces of a circular inscription visible on the robe.
Artist or Maker
Unidentified sculptor
Guatemala, active second half of the 18th century-first half of the 19th century
Artist or Maker
Polychromed by Felipe de Estrada
Title
Virgin of the Rosary (Virgen del Rosario)
Place Made
Guatemala
Date Made
circa 1750-1800
Medium
Polychromed and gilded wood, and glass
Dimensions
11 7/16 × 5 3/4 × 4 in. (29.1 × 14.6 × 10.2 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art Deaccession Fund
Accession Number
M.2007.159
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes

The devotion of Our Lady of the Rosary was introduced in Guatemala in the sixteenth century. A famed sculpture of the Virgin was venerated in the church of Santo Domingo in Antigua and later in Guatemala City, becoming an important reference for artists. This small image, designed for private devotion, is decorated with intricate estofados (pictorial emulations of fine fabrics). The signature on the back corresponds to the polychromer—a rare detail pointing to a pride in craft.


From exhibition Archive of the World, 2022 (for more information see the catalogue entry by Pablo F. Amador Marrero in the accompanying publication, cat. no. 27, pp. 136–38)

Provenance

Private collection, Germany; Hampel Fine Art Auctions, Munich, March 24, 2007, lot 974; Simois Gestión de Arte SL, Madrid, 2007; LACMA, 2007.

Selected Bibliography
  • Katzew, Ilona, ed. Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2022.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 12, 2022 - October 30, 2022
  • Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 12, 2022 - October 30, 2022
  • Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. October 20, 2023 - January 28, 2024
  • Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. October 20, 2023 - January 28, 2024
  • Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 22, 2024 - September 08, 2024
  • Archive of the World: Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800. June 22, 2024 - September 08, 2024