Art History
Spanish Colonial painting was produced in the colonies of the Spanish Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries. As the paired images below show, Spanish Colonial paintings bear more than a passing resemblance to earlier European engravings.
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| Wierix, St. Michael, 16th century. |
Lima School, St. Michael, 18th century. |
This is because European prints of the Mannerist and Baroque eras crossed the Atlantic and served as models for Spanish Colonial paintings. But which prints served as models for which paintings? This is the question that the following online project of ours addresses.
Engraved Sources of Spanish Colonial Painting
This project, part of the Princeton/Davis Almagest website, is intended to be the focus of an international research effort (as well as the basis of an exhibit to be presented at the UC Davis Nelson Gallery).
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