This landmark exhibition features a selection of remarkable paintings as well as a grouping of retablos (small-scale paintings on copper or tin) recently acquired by Phoenix Art Museum from the Estate of Gerry S. Culpepper and the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation. With the exception of one exquisite 18th-century Mexican painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe—on display here for the first time—these paintings were all created in the 18th century in the Viceroyalty of Peru, a territory that encompassed present-day Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, among other modern South American nations. The exhibited retablos, on the other hand, were primarily produced in Mexico in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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The Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity (late 18th century), unknown artist, Peru © Phoenix Art Museum
The Last Judgement (18th century), unknown artist, Alto Peruvian © Phoenix Art Museum
Apostle, After Holguín (18th century), unknown artist, Peruvian, Cuzco School © Phoenix Art Museum
Saint Gertrude the Great (early 18th century), unknown artist, Peru © Phoenix Art Museum
Virgin with Christ Child and Scapulars (late 18th century), unknown artist, Ecuador © Phoenix Art Museum
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