CUZQUEÑA SCHOOL 18th century Virgin and Child Oil on canvas Measurements 122 x 76 cm We are looking at a painting that faithfully reproduces the Andean taste. In it we find the Virgin with the Child centralizing the canvas. The Virgin wears a triangular cloak and holds the Child, who appears crowned and holding the ball of the world. The representation of leafy nature through flowers, trees and fauna are the hallmarks. The flowers in the lower part of the composition, those that adorn the Virgin's mantle and those that appear in the bouquet are characteristics of the painting of the region (and typical of the Virgin of Cocharcas), as are the red and blues. Bibliography: - Penhos, Marta. "Painting from the Andean Region: Some Reflections on the Life of Forms and Their Meanings." In Intura De Los Reinos. Shared Identities. Territories of the Hispanic World, 16th-18th Centuries. Volume III., edited by Gutiérrez Haces, Juana (coord). Mexico: Fomento Cultural Banamex, 2009. - Gisbert, Teresa, The Paradise of the Talking Birds. The Image of the Other in Andean Culture, Plural Editores ed. University of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz, Bolivia: 1999. - Lázaro Milla, Nuria, "Ego Flos Campi": The Typology of Flower Painting Enclosing a Religious Scene," Steps of Art and Culture , no. 13 (2010).