Bidspirit auction | 'THE ECSTASY OF SAINT TERESA'
'THE ECSTASY OF SAINT TERESA' - LATE 17TH CENTURY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY - Oil on canvas. Cusco School. Colonial art, Peru. Baroque influences. Religious allegories (skull - Memento mori. Book - spiritual knowledge. Cross - faith and devotion). Apparently painted for a church or other religious institution. unclear signature. Impressive wooden frame, hand-carved by an artist and inlaid with mirrors in the aesthetics of the Cusco School. 73.5X56.5 cm. Frame: 109X92 109X92 cm.