Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Two Angels
Artist
José Campeche y Jordán
(Puerto Rican, 1751-1809)
DateCentral panel 1807; side panels, before 1807
Object number69.0740
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensionscentral panel: 22 15/16 x 16 15/16 in. (58.3 x 43 cm)
left panel: 28 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (71.4 x 26.4 cm)
right panel: 28 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (71.4 x 26.4 cm)
left panel: 28 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (71.4 x 26.4 cm)
right panel: 28 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (71.4 x 26.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Gift of Zoraida Ramírez de Arellano
Collections
DescriptionThis portable triptych by José Campeche comprises three panels, each made at a different time. The two angels in the lateral panels correspond to an early period. The central panel depicts Our Lady of Mount Carmel, protector of sailors, whose devotion reached America with the Carmelite missionaries. The main panel, bathed in a rose-tinted atmosphere inspired by the island's tropical light, presents an entirely frontal figure of the Virgin within a symmetrical composition. These characteristics align with the neoclassical academicism that Campeche adopted towards the end of his career. This panel was commissioned by priest José María Ruiz y Peña, as indicated by the inscription on the back, two years before the artist's death.
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