Thursday, May 31, 2012

Chinese mural in Tzintzuntzan?

I saw this mural on the wall of the Franciscan monastery of Santa Ana in Tzintzuntzan. Construction of the monastery began in 1526. I've never seen any Purepecha art that resembles this.   Maybe a visiting Chinese artist? 

Probably not but just thought I would ask

1 comments:

Richard Perry said...

This is a colonial era mural depicting one of the Seven Sacraments, Penance in this case. The figures are in 18th century costume.

Richard Perry
http://colonialmexico.blogspot.com

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