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Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Altar of Nuestra Señora de Guadelupe in north transcept – Vintage Wall Art

Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Altar of Nuestra Señora de Guadelupe in north transcept, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Altar of Nuestra Señora de Guadelupe in north transcept, [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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Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier, Tepotzolán, Mexico: High altar. Altar of Nuestra Señora de Guadelupe in north transcept comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Gilded altarpieces fill the sanctuary of the Iglesia de San Francisco Xavier in Tepotzotlán, shown here with the altar of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the north transcept. The church was built for a Jesuit college in the 1600s and 1700s, and its ornate interior is one of the best-known examples of colonial Baroque design in New Spain. The complex now houses the Museo Nacional del Virreinato, a museum of colonial art. The photographer is recorded only as Kahlo, and the card gives no date, so the picture's exact age is uncertain.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Kahlo. 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 scan1,196 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140181

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