The Holy Kinship (Santa Parentela)
Workshop of Bernardo Rodríguez, Quito, Ecuador, Late 18th–early 19th century
Oil on panel
11 × 7¾ in.
The Christ Child rests in the Virgin’s lap at the centre of an intimate gathering of the Holy Kinship. The surrounding figures turn towards him, their gestures and intersecting glances...
The Christ Child rests in the Virgin’s lap at the centre of an intimate gathering of the Holy Kinship. The surrounding figures turn towards him, their gestures and intersecting glances bringing the family together. Above, clouds and angels open onto a heavenly realm. This small panel is catalogued by the Thoma Foundation as a work from the workshop of Bernardo Rodríguez in Quito, dating to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.