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Circle of MANUEL CHILI CASPICARA (Quito, 1720-1796); second half of the 18th century."Saint Joseph
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Circle of MANUEL CHILI CASPICARA (Quito, 1720-1796); second half of the 18th century.
"Saint Joseph with Child".
Carved and polychrome wood. Vitreous paste eyes.
It presents faults.
Measurements: 43 x 18 x 15 cm.
Wooden sculpture representing the figure of Saint Joseph with the Child. Aesthetically the work shows similarities in the gesture and in the volumetric conception with the sculptural conception of the Saint Joseph with the Child attributed to Manuel Caspicara in the Museum of Fine Arts of Quito.
Manuel Chili, known as Caspicara, which means "wooden face", was an Ecuadorian sculptor who exemplified the Quito School movement in the 18th century Andes. His major religious works, characterised by polychrome wooden sculptures in an elegant Spanish Baroque style, are preserved in the Cathedral of Quito and the Church of San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, and in Popayán, Colombia. His work was rediscovered in 1791 and championed by Eugenio Espejo, then the country's leading intellectual. Caspicara was born into an indigenous family in Quito around 1723. Among his predecessors was Lucas Barrionuevo (d. 1594) and among his mentors was Bernardo de Legarda (. As a sculptor, he worked in both wood and marble, always within the predominant Baroque style and with a religious motif. He grouped figures in a manner evocative of both painting and sculpture. His technique of representation, especially of the human anatomy, was highly detailed, expressive and precise.
"Saint Joseph with Child".
Carved and polychrome wood. Vitreous paste eyes.
It presents faults.
Measurements: 43 x 18 x 15 cm.
Wooden sculpture representing the figure of Saint Joseph with the Child. Aesthetically the work shows similarities in the gesture and in the volumetric conception with the sculptural conception of the Saint Joseph with the Child attributed to Manuel Caspicara in the Museum of Fine Arts of Quito.
Manuel Chili, known as Caspicara, which means "wooden face", was an Ecuadorian sculptor who exemplified the Quito School movement in the 18th century Andes. His major religious works, characterised by polychrome wooden sculptures in an elegant Spanish Baroque style, are preserved in the Cathedral of Quito and the Church of San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, and in Popayán, Colombia. His work was rediscovered in 1791 and championed by Eugenio Espejo, then the country's leading intellectual. Caspicara was born into an indigenous family in Quito around 1723. Among his predecessors was Lucas Barrionuevo (d. 1594) and among his mentors was Bernardo de Legarda (. As a sculptor, he worked in both wood and marble, always within the predominant Baroque style and with a religious motif. He grouped figures in a manner evocative of both painting and sculpture. His technique of representation, especially of the human anatomy, was highly detailed, expressive and precise.
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Circle of MANUEL CHILI CASPICARA (Quito, 1720-1796); second half of the 18th century.
"Saint Joseph with Child".
Carved and polychrome wood. Vitreous paste eyes.
It presents faults.
Measurements: 43 x 18 x 15 cm.
Wooden sculpture representing the figure of Saint Joseph with the Child. Aesthetically the work shows similarities in the gesture and in the volumetric conception with the sculptural conception of the Saint Joseph with the Child attributed to Manuel Caspicara in the Museum of Fine Arts of Quito.
Manuel Chili, known as Caspicara, which means "wooden face", was an Ecuadorian sculptor who exemplified the Quito School movement in the 18th century Andes. His major religious works, characterised by polychrome wooden sculptures in an elegant Spanish Baroque style, are preserved in the Cathedral of Quito and the Church of San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, and in Popayán, Colombia. His work was rediscovered in 1791 and championed by Eugenio Espejo, then the country's leading intellectual. Caspicara was born into an indigenous family in Quito around 1723. Among his predecessors was Lucas Barrionuevo (d. 1594) and among his mentors was Bernardo de Legarda (. As a sculptor, he worked in both wood and marble, always within the predominant Baroque style and with a religious motif. He grouped figures in a manner evocative of both painting and sculpture. His technique of representation, especially of the human anatomy, was highly detailed, expressive and precise.
"Saint Joseph with Child".
Carved and polychrome wood. Vitreous paste eyes.
It presents faults.
Measurements: 43 x 18 x 15 cm.
Wooden sculpture representing the figure of Saint Joseph with the Child. Aesthetically the work shows similarities in the gesture and in the volumetric conception with the sculptural conception of the Saint Joseph with the Child attributed to Manuel Caspicara in the Museum of Fine Arts of Quito.
Manuel Chili, known as Caspicara, which means "wooden face", was an Ecuadorian sculptor who exemplified the Quito School movement in the 18th century Andes. His major religious works, characterised by polychrome wooden sculptures in an elegant Spanish Baroque style, are preserved in the Cathedral of Quito and the Church of San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, and in Popayán, Colombia. His work was rediscovered in 1791 and championed by Eugenio Espejo, then the country's leading intellectual. Caspicara was born into an indigenous family in Quito around 1723. Among his predecessors was Lucas Barrionuevo (d. 1594) and among his mentors was Bernardo de Legarda (. As a sculptor, he worked in both wood and marble, always within the predominant Baroque style and with a religious motif. He grouped figures in a manner evocative of both painting and sculpture. His technique of representation, especially of the human anatomy, was highly detailed, expressive and precise.
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