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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Oaxaca. the Tlacochahuaya altarpieces 4.

Other retablos of interest at Tlacochahuaya include the late colonial altarpiece dedicated to the Dominican American saint, Rose of Lima.
Here she is shown as a postulent with her novice's crown surrounded by roses. Above her is a rather severe portrait of Catherine of Alexandria with her wheel.
text © 2007 & 2020 Richard D. Perry
images by the author and courtesy of Felipe Falcón

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