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The fantastical Rococo altarpieces of Santiago de Surco, Peru

11/2015 | 1352 | 157

Pages: 769-775

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Author:

Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)

Subjects

artists:

Rehr, Johann, architect, act. 1773 / Rosales, Santiago, architect, act. 1773

dates:

1750-1779

places:

Peru

places:

South America

subjects:

Rococo / Altarpieces / Spanish Colonial / Spanish Colonial School / Architecture / Sculpture

Illustrations

Attributed works:

38. Interior of the church of Santiago de Surco, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1759-1773

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41. Detail of the façade of the church of Santiago de Surco, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Completed 1773

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42. Altarpiece model from series 49, by Franz Xaver Habermann and published by Johann Georg Hertel the Elder. Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century (Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg)

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43. Confessional model from series 37, by Ignaz Carl Junck and published by Johann Georg Hertel the Elder. Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century (Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg)

Attributed works:

44. Altar of the Virgin Immaculate (high altar), here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)

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45. Pulpit, here attributed to Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)

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46. Altar of Christ the Nazarene, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)

Attributed works:

47. Epitaph model from series 115, by Jeremias Wachsmuth and published by Johann Georg Hertel the Elder. Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich)

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48. Altar of Our Lady of the Rosary, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)

Attributed works:

49. Calvary altar, here attributed to Johann Rehr and Santiago Rosales. Before 1762 (Church of Santiago de Surco)

Attributed works:

50. Altarpiece model from series 78, by Emanuel Eichel the Elder and published by Johann Georg Hertel the Elder. Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

Western art unattributed:

39. Altar of Our Lady of the Remedies and the Guardian Angel. 1786-98 (Church of La Merced, Lima)

Western art unattributed:

40. Altar of the Infant Jesus. c.1759-1773 (Church of the Carmen, Trujillo)

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