Our Lady of Guidance (Nuestra Señora de Guía)
Juan Pedro López
(Venezuelan, 1724–1787)
about 1762
Object PlaceCaracas, Venezuela
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
DimensionsHeight x width: 100.3 × 69.2 cm (39 1/2 × 27 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Accession number2019.1993
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ProvenanceAbout 1762, probably commissioned for the Convento de Monjas Carmelitas Descalzas, Caracas, Venezuela [see note 1]; by the end of the 19th century, it had been removed from the convent and was in the Iglesia de la Victoria, La Victoria, Venezuela. Early 20th century, Rafael M. Carabaño, La Victoria. By 1964, Manuel Santaella, Caracas [see note 2]; by descent to Mercedes Santaella de Henning, Caracas; 2002, sold by Santaella de Henning to the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Caracas; 2017, promised gift of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros to the MFA; 2019, gift of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros to the MFA. (Accession date: December 11, 2019)
NOTES:
[1] See Carlos F. Duarte, Juan Pedro López, maestro de pintor, escultor y dorador 1724–1787 (Caracas: Fundación Polar and Galería de Arte Nacional, 1996), 106–7, 259, ill. [2] Alfredo Boulton, Historia de la pintura en Venezuela. Tomo 1: Época colonial (Caracas: Editorial Arte, 1964), 200–1, ill.
NOTES:
[1] See Carlos F. Duarte, Juan Pedro López, maestro de pintor, escultor y dorador 1724–1787 (Caracas: Fundación Polar and Galería de Arte Nacional, 1996), 106–7, 259, ill. [2] Alfredo Boulton, Historia de la pintura en Venezuela. Tomo 1: Época colonial (Caracas: Editorial Arte, 1964), 200–1, ill.
