6413B

Ex me ipso renascor (The Phoenix)

Artist: Unidentified Neogranadine Artist
Title: Ex me ipso renascor (The Phoenix)
Date: 1624-1675
Medium: Wood lacquered with Pasto varnish (barniz de Pasto), i.e. wood coated with tinted membranes of mopa-mopa (Elaeagia pastoensis). Ornament on the top panel of a cabinet.
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, United Kingdom.
Photo Source: Victoria and Albert Museum Website.
Correspondence Credit: Humphrey et al. 2023, 152.
Item: 6413B