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ESCUELA ALTO PERÚ, FF. SIGLO XVIISanta Margarita

Oil on canvas (without re-drawing). 104 x 87,5 cm. Original frame with Latin inscription: "Erat autem Margaritam annorum quindesin (quindecim) cum ab impio Holimbrio (Olimbrio) tradebatur in carcere". (Margaret was fifteen years old when she was delivered to prison by the impious Olimbrius). The present canvas is a representation of the execution of Saint Margaret. Saint also known as Mariana of Antioch, she is an outstanding figure in Christian hagiography, venerated for her firmness in the faith and her martyrdom under the emperor Diocletian, who reigned between 284 and 305. During her imprisonment, several miraculous events occurred. According to one version, she expelled a demon from her throat by making the sign of the cross. Another legend has it that a demon in the form of a dragon devoured her, but she used a crucifix to free herself by cutting the dragon from the inside. She was subjected to terrible tortures, such as being whipped with rods, cut with tridents, and having nails driven into her body. Despite these tortures, she miraculously survived. According to legend, at one point, the chains fell from her wrists and a divine light radiated over her, with a dove carrying a golden crown in its beak. Finally, the governor ordered her execution. The need to apply the decrees of the Council of Trent by the viceregal Church, which ordered the religious to instruct diligently in the "legitimate use of images", led to the convocation of the Second Limense Council (Lima, 1567) and the Third Limense Council (Lima, 1582-83), where all the Tridentine recommendations were included. In the 17th century, the pictorial art in Cuzco was considerably influenced by Flemish paintings and engravings, as well as by Spanish art. In the specific case of our Santa Margarita, the cities, towers, trees and the winter sky are impregnated with the melancholic atmosphere transmitted by Flemish canvases. In this sense, the work we present here is clearly indebted to the engraving of the Martyrdom of Saint Barbara by Wierix, which resembles the same arrangement of the executioner and the Saint (fig.1).

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