IMG_7972.CR2_G5 X_09JUL17_Archangel Uriel c. 1725 by School of the Master of Calamarca, Bolivia_DAM 11971.463
Archangel Uriel c. 1725
School of the Master of Calamarca, Bolivia
Gift by exchange of Althea Revere in 1971 by the Denver Art Museum
Oil paint on canvas
height: 44.75 in, 113.6650 cm; width: 28.75 in, 73.0250 cm
Denver Art Museum, Object ID: 2009.336
Photo taken on 09 July 2017, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO USA
denverartmuseum.org/object/1971.463
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquebus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Art_Museum</a
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While the depiction of archangels is found in European art, the lavishly costumed, gun-bearing angels painted in Peru and surrounding areas during the Spanish Colonial period seem to be unique to the New World.
These archangels can be interpreted as an army of protectors of the Catholic faith. Their weapons are the mid-fifteenth century harquebus, the first gun to be fired from the shoulder, an invention of the Spanish.
The elaborate clothing is a blend of 18th-century European and indigenous fashion and indicates the high status of the wearer. The use of red and blue paints, particularly in the depiction of feathers, is distinctive to art from this region and evident here in the angel wings and hat plumes.
These colors were sacred to the Inca and were symbols of high status and nobility.
--Julie Wilson Frick, 2015
IMG_7972.CR2_G5 X_09JUL17_Archangel Uriel c. 1725 by School of the Master of Calamarca, Bolivia_DAM 11971.463
Archangel Uriel c. 1725
School of the Master of Calamarca, Bolivia
Gift by exchange of Althea Revere in 1971 by the Denver Art Museum
Oil paint on canvas
height: 44.75 in, 113.6650 cm; width: 28.75 in, 73.0250 cm
Denver Art Museum, Object ID: 2009.336
Photo taken on 09 July 2017, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO USA
denverartmuseum.org/object/1971.463
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquebus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Art_Museum</a
EXTENDED INFO
While the depiction of archangels is found in European art, the lavishly costumed, gun-bearing angels painted in Peru and surrounding areas during the Spanish Colonial period seem to be unique to the New World.
These archangels can be interpreted as an army of protectors of the Catholic faith. Their weapons are the mid-fifteenth century harquebus, the first gun to be fired from the shoulder, an invention of the Spanish.
The elaborate clothing is a blend of 18th-century European and indigenous fashion and indicates the high status of the wearer. The use of red and blue paints, particularly in the depiction of feathers, is distinctive to art from this region and evident here in the angel wings and hat plumes.
These colors were sacred to the Inca and were symbols of high status and nobility.
--Julie Wilson Frick, 2015