École Espagnole ou Coloniale (XVIII) - La Sainte Face

- Oil and gold pigments on copper.

- The cult of the Holy Face in the Hispano sphere rose as one of the pillars of Baroque piety, articulated around the dialectic between the physical relic and its thaumaturgical reproduction. In the metropolis, the epicenter consolidated at the Monastery of the Holy Face of Alicante, where the canvas —which tradition says wiped the face of Christ on the Way of the Calvary— was historically invoked as a remedy against drought, consolidating an iconography of a “suffering face” that artists like Zurbarán elevated to the category of visual dogma through mystical and ascetic naturalism. This devotion crossed the Atlantic as part of the Counter-Reformation baggage, finding in the American viceroyalties a unique resonance; in New Spain and Peru, the image of the Vera Icon fused with local sensibilities, becoming a symbol of the real presence of the divinity in recently evangelized territories. The Holy Face not only adorned colonial altarpieces and sacristies, but also functioned as a “sacred portrait” that legitimized the direct connection between American faithful and the drama of the Passion, acting as a visual bridge between Hispano austerity and the exuberance of ultramarine Baroque.

- Image dimensions without frame: 12 x 18.5 cm / 22 x 29 cm with exclusive custom frame.

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