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Inmaculada Concepción [Immaculate Conception]
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Inmaculada Concepción [Immaculate Conception]

Primary (active Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1751)
Place MadeMinas Gerais, Brazil, South America
NationalityBrazilian, South America
Date18th century
MediumOil on wood
DimensionsAdditional Dimension: 30 5/16 × 14 1/2 × 11 in. (77 × 36.8 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase, 2018.334
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object number2018.334
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, A12
Collection Highlight
Label Text
Minas Gerais is a region in southeastern Brazil that saw significant economic development after gold and diamond mines were discovered in the 1690s and 1720s. These discoveries shifted the focus of colonization from coastal settlements to the interior. The required activity that followed this new expansion attracted Portuguese wood craftsmen to work in churches throughout the region, both as architects and carvers. One of them was Francisco Xavier de Brito, mainly known for his large and richly ornamented altarpieces full of chubby cherubs and figures with free-flowing mantles, similar to those present in this statue depicting the Virgin Mary.