These paintings represent the titles of Mary that emerged with the arrival of religious orders in Peru, such as the Virgin of Almudena or the Virgin of Candelaria from Tenerife. The paintings produced in the Andean region as a result of the cultural syncretism are even more interesting, such as Our Lady of Copacabana or Our Lady of Cocharcas.

MARIAN INVOCATIONS

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Rooms that might interest you

• Mannerism

  The Mannerism Hall gathers important paintings attributed to Italian painters who migrated to Lima towards the end of the 16th century, such as Bernardo Bitti and Matteo Pérez de Alesio.

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• Marian Advocations

  These paintings represent the titles of Mary that emerged with the arrival of religious orders in Peru, such as the Virgin of Almudena or the Virgin of Candelaria from Tenerife.

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• Angels and Archangels

  In this hall, the paintings of arquebusier archangels are the most noteworthy. They represent an artistic style that began in the Southern Andes.

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• Sculptures

  The religious carved wood images from the 17th and 18th centuries presented in this hall are mainly from Lima, while others are from Cusco.

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• Allegories

  These paintings from Cusco from the 17th and 18th centuries depict scenes that describe the Catholic dogma in an allegorical way. They focus on the figure of Christ and his role as the redeemer of humanity.

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• 17th century Cusco

  In the late 17th century, after an initial artistic period notoriously influenced by Italian Mannerism, artists from Cusco assimilated the influence of Hispanic trends and Flemish engravings.

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• 18th century Cusco

  In the 18th century, paintings from Cusco underwent a formal evolution due to the intense activity of the Cusco workshops, which developed new aesthetic conventions.

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• Portraits and furniture

  In this hall, portraits of Spanish kings are exhibited, as well as an important suite of furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries, known as mueble enconchado (shell-encrusted furniture) due to their small inlaid applications of mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell.

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• Huamanga stone

  In this hall are displayed a series of Huamanga stone carvings (from Ayacucho) from the 18th and 19th centuries. They are small sculptures for personal use.

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• Silverwork

  The Silver Hall gathers Pedro de Osma's silver collection, as well as other private collections composed of silver objects for religious and domestic use and numismatic pieces from the 17th and 20th centuries.

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• Art from the Southern Andes

  An important selection of pieces from the Tiwanaku and Inca cultures is exhibited in this hall, which belong to a private collection from Cusco, as well as a significant series of paintings from the Cusco viceregal period from the Pedro de Osma Museum collection.

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• Restoration processes

  In this room, the processes of recovery of paintings and sculptures carried out by the restoration workshop of the Pedro de Osma Museum are exposed. They are works from the museum's collection.

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