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Painting of a crowned Virgin holding the Christ Child under a tree with colorful birds, a kneeling man at right, and a town and mountains behind.

Our Lady of Valvanera, Cuzco School Painting

A crowned Virgin in a gold brocade gown holds the Christ Child seated within a tree's canopy, surrounded by colorful birds perched on branches. A kneeling man in dark robes prays at lower right, and a walled town with domed buildings and mountains appears beyond the garden of flowers and small animals.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1770–80
Medium
Oil and gold on canvas
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
4000 × 3419 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1785).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of James Kung Wei Li, in memory of Ambassador and Mme Ti-Tsun Li, Republic of China, 2018

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