Bernardo de Legarda

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Bernardo de Legarda was an 18th-century Ecuadorian sculptor and painter renowned as one of the foremost masters of the Quito School, especially celebrated for his religious imagery and polychrome wood sculptures.

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Bernardo de Legarda canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ecuadorian artist
painter
person
sculptor
activeInCentury 18th century
artForm altarpiece sculpture
devotional sculpture
artisticStyle Baroque
Hispanic American Baroque
associatedWith Quito School
linked to: Escuela Quiteña
countryOfActivity Ecuador
culturalContext Colonial Latin America
linked to: Spanish America

Spanish colonial art
era Colonial period in Ecuador
field painting
sculpture
genre religious art
influenced Quito School sculptors
knownFor polychrome wood sculpture
religious imagery
materialUsed wood
movement Quito School of art
linked to: Quito School of Art
name Bernardo de Legarda
nationality Ecuadorian
notability one of the foremost masters of the Quito School
notableWork Immaculate Conception sculptures
Virgen del Panecillo
Virgin of Quito
occupation altarpiece sculptor
religious sculptor
regionOfActivity Audiencia of Quito
Quito
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
subjectMatter Catholic saints
Virgin Mary
technique polychromy
workLocation churches in Quito

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Quito School of Art hasNotableArtist Bernardo de Legarda
Virgin of Quito creator Bernardo de Legarda
Virgin of Quito notableWorkOf Bernardo de Legarda
Escuela Quiteña notableArtist Bernardo de Legarda
Bernardo de Legarda name Bernardo de Legarda