Nuestra Senora de la Merced, (painting)

Object Details

Notes: "Jose Campeche, 1751-1809," San Juan de Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1971.
Summary: Virgin Mary standing on a cloud and holding Jesus in her proper left arm. She is represented as the Queen of Heaven with a crown and wears the habit of the Order of Mercy. She extends her proper right arm and hands out a scapular of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy to an ex-convict who kneels before her. To the left, another convict in chains receives a similar scapular form Jesus. Two pairs of cherubims flank the scene.

Topic: Religion--New Testament--Mary; Religion--New Testament--Christ; Religion--New Testament--Angel