CUZQUEÑA SCHOOL 18th century Our Lord of the Tremors or Taytacha Tremors Oil on canvas Measurements 126.5 x 84 cm In this painting Our Lord of the Tremors or Taytacha Tremors. The nickname derives from the union of two words in Quechua: tayta which means father or lord and cha which is a diminutive. This is a very popular iconographic theme in Cusco painting, in which we find the true effigy of the sculpture of Christ crucified that is housed in the Cathedral of Cusco. Legend tells that the beginning of the cult dates back to 1650. On May 31, an earthquake hit the old capital of the Inca empire and to stop the aftershocks that were devastating the city, they decided to take out the sculpture of Christ in procession, which According to tradition, it was sent by Charles V himself. According to testimonies, the earthquake stopped and the veneration of the Cuzco people to this image began, continuing to the present day. In this painting we find a Crucifixion with three nails reproduced. It is a Christ with the wounds of the Passion, with a dark complexion, a muscular and thin body and long hair that falls over his right shoulder. As usual, he appears dressed in a short skirt with vertical pleats, tight at the waist and made of linen, chiffon, silk and lace. The cross is finished off with silver lobed corners and a short upper beam. The composition is completed by the vases, bows, feather dusters, vases, candelabras and flowers that decorate the scene. Among all of them, the ñucchu stands out, a red flower that was used by the Incas as an offering to the gods and that since the 17th century has been associated with the Taytacha. Bibliography: - Querejazu Leyton, Pedro, "The Lord of the Tremors of the Cusco Cathedral and its representation in painting," in Earthquakes: Miraculous Christs in South Andean viceregal art. Joaquín Gandarillas Infante Collection. American Colonial Art. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2019. - Héctor H. Schenone, Iconography Of Colonial Art, Jesus Christ. Argentina: Fundación Tarea, 1998. - Lámbarri Bracesco, Jesús, "Images of greatest veneration in the city of Cuzco: sculpture in El Perú," in El Culto Popular. Treasures of the Cathedral of Cusco, ed. Archbishopric of Cusco: Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Cusco. Lima, Editorial Fábrica de Ideas, 2013.