Our Lady of the Reedbed of Irún with Donor, Captain Joaquín Elorrieta

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Our Lady of the Reedbed of Irún with Donor, Captain Joaquín Elorrieta

1777

José Cortés de Alcocer (Ecuador (active Quito), active c. 1750–1803)

José Cortés de Alcocer was favored by the elite of the royal government and managed a busy family workshop in Quito. According to the inscription, the donor Captain Joaquín Elorrieta served the Spanish monarchy in a number of capacities that took him throughout the Spanish colonies. The composition closely follows an engraving of Our Lady of the Reedbed of Irún, a twelfth-century Romanesque sculpture said to have been found among the rushes in a marsh near the city of Irún, Spain. Elorrieta may have been a devotee of the Virgin’s cult, or Irún may have been his hometown.

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Object Details

Title:

Our Lady of the Reedbed of Irún with Donor, Captain Joaquín Elorrieta

Date:

1777

Artist:

José Cortés de Alcocer (Ecuador (active Quito), active c. 1750–1803)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Image: 37 3/8 x 25 3/16 inches (95 x 64 cm) Framed: 44 x 31 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches (111.8 x 80.3 x 5.4 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Roberta and Richard Huber, 2012

Accession Number:

2012-139-4

Geography:

Made in Quito, Ecuador, South America

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