Virgin of Pomata with St. Nicholas Tolentino and St. Rose of Lima
Unknown
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, To Give Flowers
The town of Pomata, situated above Lake Titicaca in the highlands of Peru, was once a popular Christian pilgrimage shrine. In this painting, Our Lady of Pomata is depicted as a statue--a carved figure crowned and dressed in lavish garments and adorned with precious materials--that stood on the side altar of the parish church. This type of iconic image, found throughout Latin America, is known as a statue painting. A rosary encircles the hands of the Virgin, who holds a tiny doll-like Child Jesus, also crowned and finely dressed. Pearls were among the sensational finds of the Spanish in the New World, and swags of them, caught with huge rosettes, adorn the figure. She stands on an altar, covered with white lace-trimmed cloth, whose red drapery trimmed in gold has been opened for worship. Two angels hold the drapery, while three others appear at her feet. A nun and a monk flank the altar, their hands clasped in prayer.
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MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1700–1750
DIMENSIONS
26 × 21 in. (66 × 53.3 cm)
frame (Framed): 29 1/8 × 24 1/8 × 3 in. (74 × 61.3 × 7.6 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
41.1275.400
CREDIT LINE
Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1941, provenance not yet documented; 1941, acquired in Peru by Herbert Spinden for the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION
Unknown. Virgin of Pomata with St. Nicholas Tolentino and St. Rose of Lima, 1700–1750. Oil on canvas, 26 × 21 in. (66 × 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 41.1275.400 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.1275.400_PS22.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 41.1275.400_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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