St Jude~Cuzco VINTAGE Catholic Icon Santos Oil Painting

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Super Rare Cuzco Cusco School Oil Painting On Canvas Click an Image to Enlarge PRODUCT INFORMATION Description A unique vision of Saint Jude has just arrived to our stock. An artist whose paintings are simply breathtaking has just joined our team of great masters of the Cusco School of Painting. The composition and rich colors of this absolutely remarkable painting have to be seen in person to be truly appreciated. This unique oil will make a valuable and rare asset to any art/religious collection. In our painting Saint Jude Thaddeus is exquisitely depicted.Saint Jude (or Judas) is a Christian saint. He is also called Lebbaeus, Thaddaeus, Thaddeus or Judas Thaddaeus.He should not be confused with Judas Iscariot, another apostle and later the betrayer of Jesus.The Armenian Apostolic Church honours Saint Jude, along with Saint Bartholomew as their patron saint. In the Roman Catholic Church he is the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes.Saint Jude's attribute is a club. He is also often shown in icons with a flame around his head. This represents his presence at Pentecost, when he received the Holy Spirit with the other apostles. Occasionally he is represented holding an axe or halberd, as he was brought to death by one of these weapons. In some instances he may be shown with a scroll or a book (the Epistle of Jude) or holding a carpenter's rule.This addition of stenciled or painted gold leaf onto oil paintings is called, as it was in early contracts, brocateado. It is also sometimes termed sobredorado (overgilding) and has also been described as escarchado. Look at the exquisite facial features and the color composition, it is just simply amazing.The history of the Peruvian painting has its origins at the colonial era. The Spanish painters who arrived at the Viceroyalty of Peru taught their techniques to the local artists, and they began to shape in its linen cloths its own representations, proposing a new iconographic interpretation of the Peruvian reality. The catholic divinities were adapted to indigenous sensitivity and gave like result an own and singular way that had its maxim expression in the "School of Cusco Cuzco Painting" ( La Escuela Cusqueña), during centuries XVII and XVIII.This painting has been done in the style of the works of La Escuela Cusqueña, the history of which is traced to the 17th century. Originally influenced by Spanish and Italian artists, this school was comissioned to paint sacred art in churches and monasteries throughout the Peruvian city of Cusco after the area was devastated by an earthquake in 1650. The collected efforts of numerous artists gradually evolved into a unique yet harmonious and consistent style, devoid of individualism.The picture doesn't do justice to this outstanding painting, you have to personally see it to fully appreciate its uniqueness and beauty.This is a truly one of a kind painting, so don't miss this chance to acquire a superb piece of colonial art and start bidding now !!Painting arrives rolled in a tube. Size 24"H x 16"W Approx. Weight 0.25 lb. Materials Oil On Canvas Suggested Retail Price $ 265.00 Item Code 300 PAYMENT INFORMATION PayPal ( ) and Money Orders/Cashier Checks/Personal Checks are accepted. For international bidders, the ONLY If you pay with Paypal, please use eBay Checkout to make easier for you the payment process. If you buy more than 1 item, please e-mail us asking for a combined shipping/handling fee, then a consolidated invoice for all the items you have won will be sent. If you pay with a Money Order/Cashier Check/Personal Check, please include the eBay item number, your eBay user ID and your shipping address in the envelope . If such payment does not include this information, your order may be delayed. Our mailing address is included within the winning notification e-mail, which is sent after the auction ends. Personal checks will be held for 10 business days to... read more

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