Coronation of the Virgin with Saints (nun's badge)
- José de Páez, Mexican, 1727-1790
- Born: Mexico City, Mexico
- Work Locations: Mexico City, Mexico
- Attributed to
Attributed to José de Páez, Coronation of the Virgin with Saints (Nun's Badge), about 1770. Oil paint on copper with tortoise shell frame; 8¼ in. dia. Gift of the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer, 2015.557.
Nun’s badges (escudos) are unique to Mexico. Invented there in the seventeenth century, they were worn at the throat by Conceptionist and Jeronymite nuns over the habits of their respective orders. Representing images of the Virgin and saints significant to the order and/or the individual nun, they were usually painted on round or oval sheets of copper and framed in tortoiseshell or wood. Many of the most famous artists in Mexico painted nun’s badges and some are signed by the artists. This badge is similar in style and complexity to others made by, or attributed to, José de Páez, a prolific artist who often painted for the convents in Mexico City.
--Donna Pierce, 2015
- Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life 1521 - 1821, Denver Art Museum, April 3 - July 25, 2004.
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