Important Virgin of the Hat, Quito colonial school from the 17th century

Oil on canvas. Derived from the Virgen del Sombrero painted by Luis de Morales, ç currently preserved in the Abelló collection, Spain. It was common in painters lands of the Viceroyalty to be inspired by engravings from Europe in their compositions, not only Spanish, but in many cases Flemish. Possibly a composition made from the engraving of Luis de Morales who arrived in the lands of the Viceroyalty a century earlier, reference literature: Cornejo Bouroncle, Jorge (1960) Derroteros de Arte Cuzqueño. Data for a History of Art in Peru. Cuzco, Editorial Garcilaso; Angulo Íñiguez, Diego (1945) “Some traces of Shongauer and Durero in Mexico”. Spanish Art Archive 72: 381-384; Fernández, Justino (1943) "Rubens and José Juárez". Annals of the Aesthetic Research Institute. Mexico, UNAM, 10: 51-57. Measurements: 44 x 33 cm