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Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Detail showing lower zone – Antique Print

Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Detail showing lower zone, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Detail showing lower zone, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the San Francisco collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Detail showing lower zone. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Detail showing lower zone

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This view focuses on the lower zone of the high altar in the church of San Francisco Xavier at Tepotzotlán, north of Mexico City, rather than the full gilded structure above. The church was built for the Jesuits, whose novitiate and college stood beside it, and its interior is known for elaborate Churrigueresque altarpieces covered in carved and gilded ornament. The card credits the photograph to Kahlo, but it records no date, so the picture's exact year is unknown. Close views like this one often show the carving and joinery that the full altarpiece hides from a distance.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Kahlo. No. 347. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Altarpieces; Mex.--Tepotzotlán; Photog. I.; AHC Cat.; Churches--Mex.; Arch.--Details; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,193 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140179

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