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Anchorite nun

Artist: Unidentified Quito Artist
Title: Anchorite nun
Date: 1810
Medium: Oil on panel. Painting on one of the faces of a choir music-stand (fascistol).
Location: Monasterio del Carmen Alto, Quit. Ecuador.
Photo Source: Monasterio del Carmen Alto and Almerindo Ojeda
Correspondence Credit: Almerindo E. Ojeda
Note: The tree over the cave resembles that in the de Leu engraving more than that of Leclerc or Honervogt. As to the Sadeler print, its composition is inverted relative to that of the painting.
Item: 4365B