Madonna and Child (Nursing Madonna)
Unidentified Spanish Colonial (Cuenca, Ecuador) artist, Ecuadorian, 18th century
18th century
Oil on canvas
Overall: 27 × 20 in. (68.6 × 50.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Marta Phillips in memory of David F. Phillips, Class of 1951
P.998.15.2
Geography
Place Made: Cuenca, Ecuador, South America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Course History
REL 51, Virgin of Guadalupe, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2013
REL 7, Dark Goddesses and Black Madonnas, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2013
ANTH 64, The Evolution of Pregnancy, Zaneta Thayer, Spring 2019
Provenance
Collected by David Frederic Phillips (1929-1988), in Quito, Ecuador, during his time in the Foreign Service, 1960's-1970's; to his wife Marta Schlappi de Phillips (1929-2016), in 1988; given to present collection, 1998.
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