Virgin of Quito
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The Virgin of Quito — also known as the Virgin of the Apocalypse, Winged Virgin of Quito, Dancing Madonna, and Legarda's Virgin — is a wooden sculpture by the Quiteño artist Bernardo de Legarda which
Virgin of Quito by Bernardo de Legarda, 18th century.
Herrán Matorras' Virgin of El Panecillo (1976) on El Panecillo is a large replica of the sculpture.
A colonial replica of the Virgin of Quito displayed in the Ethnological Museum of Berlin.
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 –
Virgin of Quito
…Legarda's Virgin — is a wooden sculpture by the Quiteño artist Bernardo de Legarda (ca. 1700-1773) which has become the most representative example of the Quito School of art, developed in the Ecuadorian capital during the Spanish colonial era. This particular Virgin became a popular cult image which is still venerated…
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.