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

	Type of Object:	Painting
	Materials:	Oil on canvas
	Measurements:	120 cm. x 80 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:
Oil paintings: 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. In these particular examples the Virgin Mary is depicted. These types of paintings of the Virgin Mary are varied in style and technique. However, the Virgin Mary is always the central figure around whom the painting is composed. Mary could be standing, seating with or without the baby Jesus, with other saints or angels, but she is always the focal point of the painting. This type of iconography attests to the devotion of the people of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Keywords:
oil painting, religious imagery,