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Crown of the Andes  wikidata:Q5189523 reasonator:Q5189523
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Title

Crown of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Crown of the Andes

Esperanto: Krono de la Virgulino de la Senpeka Koncipiteco, konata kiel la Krono de la Andoj
Object type Votive crown / work of art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The Crown of the Andes, a votive crown originally made for a larger than life-size statue of the Virgin Mary in the Cathedral of Popayán, Colombia. It contains 450 emeralds, including some that were purportedly taken from the captured Inca Emperor Atahualpa (1497–1533). This photograph is one of the many released by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under a CC-0 license, which has been a boon to free images of 3D works of art.
Date circa 1660
date QS:P571,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(diadem) and ca. 1770 (arches)
Medium gold
medium QS:P186,Q897
, repoussé and chased; emeralds
Dimensions 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) Body diameter: 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Accession number
2015.437
Place of creation Colombia
Exhibition history
Credit line Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Acquisitions Fund and Mary Trumbull Adams Fund, 2015
References https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21698
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21698

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This file, which was originally posted to http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21698, was reviewed on 8 August 2017 by reviewer Leoboudv, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.

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Crown of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Crown of the Andes (MET, 2015.437)

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