Carmel Lady Original Colonial Cuzco Peru Folk Art Oil Painting On Canvas
Carmel Lady Original Colonial Cuzco Peru Folk Art Oil Painting On Canvas

Carmel Lady Original Colonial Cuzco Peru Folk Art Oil Painting On Canvas

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A unique piece has just arrived to our stock from Cuzco Peru!

The composition and rich colors of this absolutely remarkable painting have to be seen in person to be truly appreciated. This unique oil will make a valuable and rare asset to any art/religious collection.

In our painting Our Lady of Mt Carmel is exquisitely depicted holding the divine Child Jesus.

This addition of stenciled or painted gold leaf onto oil paintings is called, as it was in early contracts, brocateado. It is also sometimes termed sobredorado (overgilding) and has also been described as escarchado.

Look at the exquisite facial features and the color composition, it is just simply amazing.

This painting has been done in the style of the works of La Escuela Cusqueña, the history of which is traced to the 17th century. Originally influenced by Spanish and Italian artists, this school was comissioned to paint sacred art in churches and monasteries throughout the Peruvian city of Cusco after the area was devastated by an earthquake in 1650. The collected efforts of numerous artists gradually evolved into a unique yet harmonious and consistent style, devoid of individualism.

Painting arrives rolled in a tube.