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Bernardo de Legarda (c. 1700 – 1 June 1773) was one of the most important artists of the
* ''Immaculate Conception of the Apocalypse'' ("Virgin of Quito"), 1734; altar of the Church of San Francisco in Quito
*'' Inmaculada Concepción de Popayán'' (''Our Lady of the Assumption of Popayán''), Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Cathedral of our Lady of the Assumption) in Popayán, Colombia
*The back of the Tabernacle of the La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Quito
*The decoration of the half dome of the La Iglesia de El Sagrario, Quito.
*The high altar '' reredos'' of the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced and the enclosure under the choir of La Iglesia de Santo Domingo in quito
* Legarda created a series of ''Immaculate Conceptions'' ("Virgins of Quito") and ''Assumptions''.
**The first are of various sizes — large, medium and small — especially in Franciscan churches of Quito, such as San Francisco, Guápulo, Santa Clara (in the market in the center of the city) and la Concepción.
*Legarda, who was also skilled jeweler, did many figures for Nativities.
Quito School
The Quito School (''Escuela Quiteña'') is a Latin American artistic tradition that constitutes essentially the whole of the professional artistic output developed in the territory of the Royal Audience of Quito – from Pasto and Popayán in t ...
movement.
Biography
Legarda was a mestizo artist and the one who best personified the art of sculpture in the capital of Quito during his period. His first artwork dated from 1731 when he restored an image ofSaint Luke
Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...
in the Church of Santo Domingo, after which he was much in demand. In 1732 he was commissioned to do a sculpture of the Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception.
It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth w ...
for the Church of San Francisco. This work, which became known as the ''Virgin of Quito
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 ...
'' (1734), met with great approval and countless copies and imitations were made throughout the Royal Audiencia of Quito
The of Quito (sometimes referred to as or ) was an administrative unit in the Spanish Empire which had political, military, and religious jurisdiction over territories that today include Ecuador, parts of northern Peru, parts of southern Colo ...
(roughly present day Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
, southern Colombia and northern Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
).
With regard to his activity with altarpieces, one must emphasize well-documented baroque features in his work such as the altarpiece of Mercy (1748–51), completed by his disciple named Gregorio, as well as the altarpiece Moderno del Carmen, which is attributed to his disciple and Legarda Jacinto Lopez.
Works
* ''Immaculate Conception of the Apocalypse'' ("Virgin of Quito"), 1734; altar of the Church of San Francisco in Quito
*'' Inmaculada Concepción de Popayán'' (''Our Lady of the Assumption of Popayán''), Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Cathedral of our Lady of the Assumption) in Popayán, Colombia
*The back of the Tabernacle of the La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Quito
*The decoration of the half dome of the La Iglesia de El Sagrario, Quito.
*The high altar '' reredos'' of the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced and the enclosure under the choir of La Iglesia de Santo Domingo in quito
* Legarda created a series of ''Immaculate Conceptions'' ("Virgins of Quito") and ''Assumptions''.
**The first are of various sizes — large, medium and small — especially in Franciscan churches of Quito, such as San Francisco, Guápulo, Santa Clara (in the market in the center of the city) and la Concepción.
*Legarda, who was also skilled jeweler, did many figures for Nativities.
References
*''This article was initially translated from Spanish Wikipedia and contains material from the public domain Gran Enciclopedia Rialp.'' Ecuadorian sculptors 1700 births 1773 deaths {{Ecuador-sculptor-stub Catholic sculptors