From the event:
Performance, Politics, and Piety: Pageantry and Identity in Colonial Mexico City
New Mexico History Museum
Transfer of the Image and Inauguration of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico, ca. 1709, attributed to Manuel Arellano. Courtesy of a private collection.
This painting represents the first multiday dedication ceremony and processional, when the titular image of Guadalupe was carried from her temporary quarters in the Indian Parish church into her new home on April 30, 1709.
Note: Representative image at left is often cropped for display purposes. Downloaded high-resolution images are not cropped.
