European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Our Lady of Valvanera Made in Mexico, North and Central America1762 Miguel Cabrera, Mexican, 1695 - 1768 Oil on copper * Gallery 272, European Art 1500-1850, second floor 1903-897 The Dr. Robert H. Lamborn Collection, 1903 |
LabelThis small work on copper by Miguel Cabrera depicts the Virgin of Valvanera and was likely made for private devotional use. The original Virgin of Valvanera, patroness of the Rioja region in Spain, is a Romanesque sculpture. Legend tells that following the reconquest of the region from the Moors, an angel led a man to the sculpture of the Virgin, which was hidden within a large oak tree that had a spring at its roots and a beehive in its trunk.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
