Lot Essay
This lot is sold with a silver mounted wood frame
The enconchado is a far eastern technique originally used in the decoration of furniture. When the technique reached the Mexico in the mid to late 1600s, the artists adopted it for the creation of paintings and combined it oil and lacquer painting methods. The enconchado was widely used to depict religious themes, and the image of the Virgen de Guadalupe, the most important religious symbol in Mexican culture is a re-curring subject in enconchado paintings.
The enconchado is a far eastern technique originally used in the decoration of furniture. When the technique reached the Mexico in the mid to late 1600s, the artists adopted it for the creation of paintings and combined it oil and lacquer painting methods. The enconchado was widely used to depict religious themes, and the image of the Virgen de Guadalupe, the most important religious symbol in Mexican culture is a re-curring subject in enconchado paintings.