REAL DE MINAS
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 | Author Uknown |
 | Creation Date Siglo XVII |
The Virgin of Light
DETAILS OF THE WORK:
Sculpture with a green mantle, made of oak wood; it was recovered from the remains of a hacienda belonging to an aristocratic family in León, Gto. Our Lady of Light is an invocation of the Virgin Mary venerated at the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Light and in many places around the world.
- Anonymous artist
- Dates to the 17th century
- September 8: Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
- Considered the “Light and guide” of the traveler and the wayfarer, of the sick on their path toward death (“a good death”), as “Light and wisdom,” and as the “Sun of justice” or “light of good governance.”
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REAL DE MINAS
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Works on Display
Shakespeare at Elizabeth’s court reading the Macbeth
La Priere
The Lesson
The Virgin of Light
The Virgin of the Rosary
16th‑Century Wooden Dresser
Historic Downtown León, Gto.
Descent from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Old Constitution Square
Schiller à la cour de weimar
The Nuns
Gilded Bronze Palmatory
The Three Musketeers
Cristobal Colón
Miners
Player Piano
Safe
The Little Black Figures
Sculpture by Don Cosme Vera Aceves
Diana the Huntress
Mirrors
Candelabras