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Herrán Matorras' Virgin of El Panecillo (1976) on El Panecillo is a large replica of the sculpture. The Virgin of Quito (Spanish, La Virgen de Quito) — also known as the Virgin of the Apocalypse, Winged Virgin of Quito, Dancing Madonna, and Legarda's Virgin — is a wooden sculpture by the Quiteño artist Bernardo de Legarda (ca. 1700-1773) which has become the most representative example ...
The Virgin of El Panecillo (in Spanish: Virgen del Panecillo), also known as the Virgin of Quito from the sculpture of the same name, is a monument in Quito, Ecuador. It is located on the top of the hill of El Panecillo , a loaf-shaped hill in the heart of the city and serves as a backdrop to the historic center of Quito.
The statue was engineered and erected by Anibal Lopez of Quito. El Panecillo in the 19th century. Quito (c. 1889), attributed to Rafael Salas. National Museum of Ecuador. The virgin stands on top of a globe and is stepping on a snake, which is a classic madonna iconography. Less traditional are the wings.
The devotion in the Philippines, under a similar name, is separate from that of Quito. A statue of Mary under the title of "Our Lady of the Good Event of Parañaque" is enshrined in St. Andrew's Cathedral in Parañaque, Philippines. Mary is also patroness of the city under this title.
House altar with the Virgin of Quito. Wood, polychromy. 18th–20th century. Virgin of Quito, also known as Virgin of El Panecillo (due to its location on top of El Panecillo hill). It is a 41 m monument commissioned to Spanish Sculptor Agustín de la Herrán Matorras in the 1970s. It follows Legarda's wooden depictions of the same theme. [2]
A statue of the Virgin Mary in Mexico has been captured “crying” tears, prompting hundreds to travel to witness a “miracle.”. The statue, residing in a church in the town of El Canal ...
The timing is interesting as a new statue of the Virgin Mary was recently installed on the spot where the stolen statue formerly stood on the east side of the church at 800 Marquette Ave., ...
Quito (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ; ... The statue of the Virgin on the Panecillo is a replica of a sculpture made by Bernardo de Legarda in 1732. So this monument is ...