ARCHANGEL MICHAEL~Cuzco School Vintage Art Oil Painting - eBay (item 300363801657 end time Nov-11-09 08:31:06 PST)


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Item:ARCHANGEL MICHAEL~Cuzco School Vintage Art Oil Painting

This is a magnificent painting we have just received. An artist whose paintings are simply breathtaking has just joined our team of great masters of the Cusco School of Painting. The composition and rich colors of this absolutely remarkable painting have to be seen in person to be truly appreciated. This unique oil will make a valuable and rare asset to any art/religious collection. This elegant oil painting on canvas depicts the Archangel Michael, prince of the celestial court and captain of all santos angeles. The archangels are usually young and beautiful. They are the knights of Heaven and must be dressed in splendor. They have to evoke sympathy, as well as a sense of their power and also of their benevolence, as their function is the performance of good works. Look at the exquisite facial features and the color composition, it is just simply amazing. This remarkable painting has some subtle high-relief details. Bronze Leaf was used to accentuate finishing touches on this magnificent portrait. The history of the Peruvian painting has its origins at the colonial era. The Spanish painters who arrived at the Viceroyalty of Peru taught their techniques to the local artists, and they began to shape in its linen cloths its own representations, proposing a new iconographic interpretation of the Peruvian reality. The catholic divinities were adapted to indigenous sensitivity and gave like result an own and singular way that had its maxim expression in the "School of Cusco Painting" ( La Escuela Cusqueña), during centuries XVII and XVIII. This painting has been done in the style of the works of La Escuela Cusqueña, the history of which is traced to the 17th century. Originally influenced by Spanish and Italian artists, this school was comissioned to paint sacred art in churches and monasteries throughout the Peruvian city of Cusco after the area was devastated by an earthquake in 1650. The collected efforts of numerous artists gradually evolved into a unique yet harmonious and consistent style, devoid of individualism. Don't miss this opportunity to acquire a great piece of art at an unbelievable price !! Painting arrives rolled in a tube.
Size		16"H x 12"W
Approx. Weight		0.13 lb.
Materials		Oil On Canvas
Suggested Retail Price		$165.00
Item Code		30-100-03411