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ROBIN, Alena. "Divine trompe-l'œil": The Nazarene of the Hospital de Jesús in Pennsylvania. An. Inst. Investig. Estét [online]. 2015, vol.37, n.107, pp.157-171. ISSN 0185-1276.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iie.18703062e.2015.107.2557.

In the second half of the seventeenth century an indigenous woman donated a sculpture of Jesus of Nazareth to the church of the Hospital of the Conception of Our Lady in Mexico City. Within a few years the ensuing cult had reached such proportions that the hospital's name was changed to "Hospital of Jesus", by which it is still known. As the cult of the Nazarene grew, so did the phenomenon of "copies", in which an effigy, on account of the respect and devotion it has acquired, became a "model" to be followed. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to a New Hispanic painting conserved in the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, at Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and to explain why it is believed that this is a likeness taken from this sculptural object of devotion.

Palabras llave : devotional sculpture; Novohispanic painting; divine trompe-l'œil; Nazarene; Hospital de Jesús; St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.

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