Élites quiteñas y mecenazgo pictórico durante el barroco: las series de la Vida de san Agustín y de los Ejercicios Espirituales
Among the pictorial series of the Quito Baroque, two stand out funded by multiple members of the local elites. Although there are other testimonies of this practice in Quito, the series of the Life of Saint Augustine and the Spiritual Exercises distinguish for their conserva-tion and for in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Universitat Jaume I
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Potestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte |
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| Online Access: | http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/potestas/article/view/4027/3388 |
| Summary: | Among the pictorial series of the Quito Baroque, two stand out funded by multiple members of the local elites. Although there are other testimonies of this practice in Quito, the series of the Life of Saint Augustine and the Spiritual Exercises distinguish for their conserva-tion and for including relevant information about their patrons, which helps to clarify the impact they had on Quito’s society and their data-tion. In this paper we study the patrons, investigating their social sta-tus, and the importance that the painters’ contact with the people who funded the paintings had in their future careers.
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| ISSN: | 1888-9867 2340-499X |