5742B

Pinturas de los aposentos del segundo patio

Artist: Unidentified Artist
Title: Pinturas de los aposentos del segundo patio
Date: Middle of the 18th century
Medium: ¿Mural? paintings
Location: Antigua Casa de Ejercicios Espirituales para Señoras, Jirón Ucayali 332, Lima, Perú.
Photo Source: Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Google Books
Correspondence Credit: Almerindo Ojeda
Note 1: These paintings are known only from the passages in Moncada 1762, pp. 53-54 pictured above.
Note 2: Another painting of a serpent devouring its tail is also described in Moncada 1762, p. 95. Yet, this description makes no mention of crossed swords or laurel/olive branches.
Note 3: The corresponding print inspired another painting in the Casa de Ejercicios (see PESSCA 5480A/5741B).
Item: 5742B