La Conquistadora
Artist
Eraldo Carugati
(American, born Italy, 1921 - 1997)
Date1955
Mediumoil on Masonite
DimensionsImage: 14 × 11 1/16 in. (35.6 × 28.1 cm)
Support: 14 × 1/16 in. (35.6 × 0.2 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (41.9 × 34.3 × 3.8 cm)
Support: 14 × 1/16 in. (35.6 × 0.2 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (41.9 × 34.3 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Shirley Teutsch Guthmann and Monica Guthmann, 1968
Object number2315.23P
DescriptionImage of the La Conquistadora wearing a white dress with gold and pink floral designs, she also wears a blue cape with white floral designs and a white lace veil with a crown decorated with red beads and a cross on top, La Conquistadora hold a red rosary in her hands and is standing on a gold pedestal.On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
- religion
- crowns (headdresses)
- Catholicism
- religious symbolism
- devotional images
