The Visitation
Mexican School, c 1820
1820
Oil on canvas
Height 70" Width 55" framed
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, NM
In this scene from the Bible, Joseph and the Virgin Mary visit her parents Joachim and Anna to announce that the Virgin is pregnant with the Child who would be names Jesus. It was a popular subject in Mexican Colonial paintings as the ‘good news’ that a Savior (of Mexican Indians) would be born.
Mexican School, c 1820
1820
Oil on canvas
Height 70" Width 55" framed
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, NM
In this scene from the Bible, Joseph and the Virgin Mary visit her parents Joachim and Anna to announce that the Virgin is pregnant with the Child who would be names Jesus. It was a popular subject in Mexican Colonial paintings as the ‘good news’ that a Savior (of Mexican Indians) would be born.
Mexican School, c 1820
1820
Oil on canvas
Height 70" Width 55" framed
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, NM
In this scene from the Bible, Joseph and the Virgin Mary visit her parents Joachim and Anna to announce that the Virgin is pregnant with the Child who would be names Jesus. It was a popular subject in Mexican Colonial paintings as the ‘good news’ that a Savior (of Mexican Indians) would be born.