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Object Name: bulto
Date: mid- to late 1800s
Materials: Wood, carved, gilded and painted, glass inserts for eyes
Dimensions: 26 1/2 in x 12 in x 12 in (67.3 cm x 30.4 cm x 30.4 cm)
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object ID: 153.L.7


Category: Art and Artifacts

Remarks

Bulto of the Virgin Mary (La Purisima), probably from Mexico, carved, gilded and painted wood, acquired by the Museum 1917. The statue is three-dimensional interpretation of painting La Inmaculada concepción de los Venerables o de Soult by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), a Spanish painter.

Subject

Art of the West (exhibition)

religious life

religious imagery

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