COLONIAL SCHOOL OF QUITO - CIRCLE OF BERNARDO DE LEGARDA (1700-1773) Great Immaculate Virgin in Glory Large carving in gilded and polychrome wood, good condition in gilding and polychrome: 82 x 32 cm x 33 cm. Circle of the Quito image maker Bernardo de Legarda, sculptor and painter, stands out as one of the most versatile artists of viceregal Ecuador. He is considered the greatest representative of the works of the Quito school. Bibliography: «The construction of heritage Quito». History of Quito: cultural heritage of humanity. Vol. II. Quito: National Publishing Corporation. p. 24. ISBN 9789942321251. «A niche was inserted in the main altarpiece to house the Virgin of Quito de Legarda, dated and signed in 1734.»

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