Unknown Mexican painter 172 x 109 cm [67.72 x 42.91 inches]

Icons [devotional images] Saint Mary, Blessed Virgin Our Lady of Guadalupe 1695 1695 The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe is a tilmàtli, or tilma, a type of outer garment worn by the Aztec and other peoples of Central America as late as the early Colonial era. According to tradition, the image of the Virgin appeared on it in the presence of a skeptic bishop of Mexico City after a man named Juan Diego received multiple apparitions of the Virgin. The image serves as an iconographic source for other copies of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The original is highly revered and receives millions of visitors annually. https://rdc.reed.edu/record/202896/files/A_129532.jpg https://rdc.reed.edu/record/202896/files/A_129532.hocr https://rdc.reed.edu/record/202896/files/A_129532.txt