Our Lady of Mercy, called "The Pilgrim of Quito"
Cusco School (anonymous), c. 1730–40
$123
Print check at 14 x 11 in: 157 dpi, good. Trimmed 1% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Most Cusco School Virgins are enthroned, static, mountain-still. This one is different: she is shown as a pilgrim, mid-journey, an image type tied to the Mercedarian order's own traveling, ransoming mission (the Mercedarians existed originally to buy back Christian captives — mobility was core to their identity, and they extended that mobility to how they painted Mary). The "Pilgrim of Quito" title ties this specific iconography to Quito, again showing how a single devotional "brand" — a particular miracle Virgin with a particular story — could be reproduced and exported across the viceroyalty by Cusco workshops far from her home city. Look for how her gold-worked mantle still reads as processional dress, not a throne robe — motion translated into a static medium.
- Maker
- Cusco School (anonymous)
- Date
- c. 1730–40
- Medium of the original
- Oil and gold on canvas
- Original held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — The American Wing
- Credit
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — The American Wing
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00149
| Picture | 14 x 11 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 15.6 x 12.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 218 | Excellent | Trimmed 0.8% |
| 14 x 11 in | 157 | Good | Trimmed 1% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | 137 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 109 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 91 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 55 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,200 x 1,746 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 0, lights 113 of 255; 0% clipped light, 5.7% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 17.77
- Notes
- Shadows clip on 6% of the image: the darkest areas print as solid black
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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