6416B

The Vigilant Crane

Artist: Unidentified Neogranadine Artist
Title: The Vigilant Crane (COGI[T]ANTI VILE[S]C[UNT OMNIA])
Date: 17th century
Medium: Wood lacquered with Pasto varnish (barniz de Pasto), i.e. wood coated with tinted membranes of mopa-mopa (Elaeagia pastoensis). Side panel of a trunk (arqueta).
Location: Private collection, Spain.
Photo Source: Kawamura Kawamura 2018, Fig. 13.
Correspondence Credit: Almerindo Ojeda
Note: This image should be compared with one of the images of the cabinet held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Item: 6416B