The Virgin of Guadalupe with the Four Apparitions

Nicolás Enríquez · 1773

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Sepia
29% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.9:1

Raw umber
28% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.7:1

Warm grey
19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.2:1

Slate
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1

Tan
7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.1:1

Charcoal
4% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.5:1

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Artist: Nicolás Enríquez
Mexican, 1704–1790
Date: 1773
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on copper
Size: 22 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (56.5 × 41.9 cm) Framed: 25 1/4 × 19 7/8 × 1 3/8 in. (64.1 × 50.5 × 3.5 cm)
Place: Mexican
Period: 18th century
Themes: Bible stories and saints
Main colour: Brown · lightness 41, colourfulness 13

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

The Virgin of Guadalupe with the Four Apparitions

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