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Virgen de Guadalupe
Virgen
de
Guadalupe
Cuzco School of
Painting
Very Early Piece
30 1/2" X 22 1/2" Oil on Canvas
$600
33" X 19" Oil on Canvas on Board
$2500
VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE
In
December 1531, the Virgin appeared to an Indian neophyte, Juan
Diego. In a series of appearances to him, she stated
her desire to
have a church built upon the site of her appearance, the hill of Tepeyac,
just outside the Mexican capital.
Her wishes were fulfilled when
Juan Diego presented a cloak full of roses that she had given him for the
unbelieving bishop.
The cloak appeared miraculously imprinted with
her image.
Her appearance was an important factor in the conversion of the
Indians. On the hill of Tepeyac there stood at the
time of the
conquest a temple to the goddess Tonantzin. Although a statue of the
Virgin Mary had been placed in
the Indian shrine in hopes that the Indians
would cease to worship the pagan goddess, this move was not
successful.
Then came the miraculous appearance of the Virgin in
1531 with her dark complexion and compassion for the poor and
humble.
She even wore, like Tonantzin, the garb of the Mexican
heaven - a blue mantle dotted with golden stars.
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