Our Lady of Copacabana
Unidentified artist, La Paz (possibly), Bolivia, 18th century
Oil and gold on embossed, chased & engraved copper with inlaid mica
8½ × 6⅝ in.
The crowned Virgin of Copacabana and the Christ Child appear within a richly ornamented shrine. Twisted columns and gilded architectural details surround the central image, while Saint Joseph with the...
The crowned Virgin of Copacabana and the Christ Child appear within a richly ornamented shrine. Twisted columns and gilded architectural details surround the central image, while Saint Joseph with the Child and Saint Augustine stand below. Painting, metalwork and inlaid mica combine to give the surface its luminous character. The Thoma Foundation places this eighteenth-century devotional work in Bolivia, possibly La Paz.