Cuzco School Oil on Canvas Madonna and Child 18th Century

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Remarkable Spanish colonial late 18th/early 19th-century Cuzco school painting of Madonna and Child, or Virgin Mary. Oil on canvas Cuzco … Read more Remarkable Spanish colonial late 18th/early 19th-century Cuzco school painting of Madonna and Child, or Virgin Mary. Oil on canvas Cuzco school painting with a desirable aged patina having fine craquelure throughout. The painting still has bright vivid colors.. Set in a carved and gilt wood frame, reflecting the distinctive artistic style and religious iconography of the region during that period. Cuzco, once the capital of the Inca Empire, became a center for religious and artistic activity following the Spanish conquest. The fusion of European Baroque styles with indigenous Andean artistic traditions created a unique regional school of art, often referred to as the "Cuzco School." See less