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Female Saint (offering hair cutting to Christ child)
Peruvian
18th century
about 1750
Object Place: Peru
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
96.52 x 132.71 cm (38 x 52 1/4 in.); Legacy dimension: 38 x 52 1/4 inches
Credit Line
Gift of Robert D. and Nancy Hemenway Barton
Accession Number1997.39
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionRectangular painting with kneeling female saint at right, with red and blue garments decorated with gilt ornaments, offering hair cuttings to Christ child at left, who is draped with red mantle with gold ornaments and holds blue orb in left hand, and is standing on three hands; roses throughout composisiton; landscape at right; carved and gilt frame.
ProvenanceThe artist; Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia; to Robert D. and Nancy Hemenway Barton, 1966; to MFA, 1997, gift of Robert D. and Nancy Hemenway Barton.