Our Lady of Mercy, called The Pilgrim of Quito” ca. 1730-40 Unknown This work belongs to the genre of "pilgrim images," cult images or likenesses of them that were taken on alms-gathering missions. In a scene reminiscent of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt, a miracle-working image of the Virgin and Child venerated by the Mercedarians of Quito is transported on a mule led by a white-robed friar. A vignette in the background narrates a miracle that occurred at sea, between Portobello and Cartagena, when Dutch pirates seized and profaned the image of the Virgin whereupon the aggrieved image of the Christ Child threw itself into the sea. Both Virgin and Child were miraculously saved and restored to the care of the Mercedarians in Quito. Such stories emerged, or were invented, in connection with the actual practice of taking the image on missions to gather alms for the construction of a new church. During a period of nearly thirty years, from 1706 until 1735, the Quito Virgin was taken

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Our Lady of Mercy, called The Pilgrim of Quito” ca. 1730-40 Unknown This work belongs to the genre of "pilgrim images," cult images or likenesses of them that were taken on alms-gathering missions. In a scene reminiscent of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt, a miracle-working image of the Virgin and Child venerated by the Mercedarians of Quito is transported on a mule led by a white-robed friar. A vignette in the background narrates a miracle that occurred at sea, between Portobello and Cartagena, when Dutch pirates seized and profaned the image of the Virgin whereupon the aggrieved image of the Christ Child threw itself into the sea. Both Virgin and Child were miraculously saved and restored to the care of the Mercedarians in Quito. Such stories emerged, or were invented, in connection with the actual practice of taking the image on missions to gather alms for the construction of a new church. During a period of nearly thirty years, from 1706 until 1735, the Quito Virgin was taken

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