Peruvian Painting Archangel Arcabucero Canvas Andean Blanket Cusco

Archangel with Arquebus on Canvas on a Traditional Andean Blanket, Handmade Colonial Art

This arquebus archangel has been hand-painted on canvas and mounted on a traditional Andean blanket, creating a unique piece that fuses colonial spirituality with the Andean worldview. It depicts an archangel dressed in viceregal attire and carrying an arquebus, a typical symbol of Andean colonial art.

Hand-painted by artisans from the Peruvian Andes.

Canvas mounted on an authentic, hand-woven Andean blanket.

This type of representation, known as the arquebus archangel, emerged during the colonial period as a form of syncretism between Christianity and Andean cultural elements. Handmade by Peruvian artisans in Cusco.
Measure 17x 26 inches
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