Cusco School (20th Century) - Our Lady Of The Kiss

Oil and gold pigments on canvas. Original canvas. Seal of the Peruvian Ministry of Culture on the reverse.

The painting of the Cuzco School represents an exquisite syncretic synthesis, unique in viceregal art, a visual phenomenon that crystallized the profound Andean spirituality and the fervor of Catholicism brought by the Europeans. Born in Cuzco during the colonial period, this school is distinguished by its saints and Madonnas dressed in sumptuous garments adorned with the gold brocade (estofado) technique, reflecting the gold of the earth. These figures, with their hieratic faces and devout gestures, do not merely inhabit the Christian heavens but integrate with elements of Peruvian nature: their frames and backgrounds are populated by exotic birds and vibrant flowers of the Amazon rainforest, bearing witness to the devotion of a people who divide their prayers between the vastness of the snow-capped peaks of the Apus and the venerated figures of Catholicism. This art, imbued with a vibrant autonomy, transforms European codes into a pictorial language authentically rooted in Andean cultural identity.

- Image dimensions without frame: 45 x 59 cm / 62 x 76 cm with exclusive custom frame.