Illustrations of Artifact Categories Subject to U.S. Import Restriction

	Type of Object:	Painting
	Materials:	Oil on canvas
	Measurements:	120 cm. x 90 cm.
	Date or Period:	Colonial (1533-1825)
	Maker:	Colonial
	Designated List Section:	VII C Colonial and Republican Religious Art -- Oil Paintings
	Date of Import Restriction:	12/07/01
	Photograph:	Centro de Documentación y Catalogación - Viceministerio de Cultura
	Copyright:	Centro de Documentación y Catalogación - Viceministerio de Cultura

 

Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions:
Includes depictions of patron saints (santos/santas), angels, Christ, the Virgin Mary, the apostles, and the Holy Family on wood, metal, canvas (lienzo), and other cloth. With or without frame. The archangel is a central theme. Oil painting is found on objects as small as reliquaries (3 cm.), mid-sized canvas (one square meter), or wall-sized renditions. This is a group of oil paintings, tempera or mixed paintings on canvas and less iron wood or metal. Their dimensions vary from 30 x 25 cm. to 3 x 3.50 meters. They were produced during the XVI-XVII and XVIII centuries during the colonial era in Bolivia. The subject matter for these paintings varies with examples of: The Announcement; The Visit; The Nativity; The Epiphany; The Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi; The Presentation at the Temples; The Escape to Egypt; Jesus preaching; Jesus entering Jerusalem; Jesus with Mary Magdalene; The multiplication of the loaves and fishes; The Last Supper; The Ecce Homo; Jesus with the Cross; The Crucifixion; The descent from the cross; The Garden Tomb.
Keywords:
oil painting, religious imagery,