Our Lady of Cocharcas

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An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The miraculous statue of Our Lady of Cocharcas is shown on a processional altar in the midst of a rugged Andean landscape populated by pilgrims and other devotees. The distorted scale of the cult image in relation to the diminutive figures who travel the steep roads that flank it, underscores the sacredness of both the image and the remote place it graces and protects. The painting appears to depict the romería, or pilgrimage procession, held in connection with the annual feast of the Virgin of Cocharcas (September 8th).

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art