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Sacra Conversacion, (painting). Artist:  Campeche, Jose, 1751-1809, painter. Title:  Sacra Conversacion, (painting). Other Titles:  La Virgen de Belen, San Jose y San Juan Nepomuceno, (painting). Sacred Conversation: Our Lady of Bethlehem, Saint Joseph and Saint John Nepomuceno, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1800-1809. Medium:  Oil on wood panel. Dimensions:  24 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (61.5 x 44.5 cm.). Inscription:  (Lower edge:) El Ilmo. Sr. Dr. D. Juan Alexo de Arizmendi, digmo. Obispo de Puerto Rico, concede quarenta dias de Indulgencia [a los fieles que rezaren una Salve ante esta Imagen de Ntra. Senora de Belen] / quarenta [a los que rezaren un] P [ater noster] y Ave Maria a la de S. Jose y lo mismo a Sn. Juan Nepomuceno rogando a Dios por la exaltacion de nuestra Santa Fe Catolica...ano de 180... Description:  Religious scene with Virgin Mary sitting on clouds, holding and nursing baby Jesus. To the left, St. Joseph, holding the flowering rod, looks at St. John Nepomuceno who kneels before them to the right of the composition. He wears ecclesiastical robes, holds a palm of martyrdom in his proper left hand, and has a halo, an allusion to the five stars seen floating around his body in the River Moldawa. Sets of cherubs float above the figures and at Mary's feet. The stars hold the letters TACUI a reference to the word street. Subject:  Religion -- New Testament -- Holy Family Religion -- Saint -- St. John Religion -- Angel Object -- Flower -- Lily Object -- Foliage -- Palm Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Ferre de Trigo, Rosario, San Juan, Puerto Rico Remarks:  English title supplied by Inventory cataloger. References:  "Jose Campeche, 1751-1809," San Juan de Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1971. Illustration:  "Jose Campeche, 1751-1809," San Juan de Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1971, pg. 77. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 88490015   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 88490015 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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