Bernardo de Legarda
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Bernardo de Legarda was one of the most important artists of the Quito School movement.
House altar with the Virgin of Quito. Wood, polychromy. 18th–20th century.
Virgin of Quito, also known as Virgin of El Panecillo (due to its location on top of El Panecillo hill). It is a 41 m monument commissioned to Spanish Sculptor Agustín de la Herrán Matorras in the 1970s. It follows Legarda's wooden depictions of the same theme.
Quito school
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The Quito School is a Latin American colonial artistic tradition that constitutes essentially the whole of the professional artistic output developed in the territory of the Royal Audience of Quito –
Bernardo de Legarda
…Bernardo de Legarda (c. 1700 – 1 June 1773) was one of the most important artists of the Quito School movement. Legarda was a mestizo artist and the one who best personified the art of sculpture in the capital of Quito during his period. His first artwork…
La Virgen alada del Apocalípsis ("Winged Virgin of the Apocalypse") by Miguel de Santiago, 17th century.
Retrato de una señora principal con su negra esclava ("Portrait of a Quito Matron Lady with Her Black Slave") by Vicente Albán, 1783. Oil on canvas, 80 x 109 cm. Madrid, Museum of the Americas.
“Winged Virgin of the Apocalypse” by Miguel de Santiago.