Lot number 3043 - Auction 150
ERZENGEL MICHAEL

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL Probably Kolinal School, Peru, 18th century .Huamanga stone. H. 30, W. 17, D. 6 cm, weight approx. 1.8 kg. Based on the original in the Museo de América in Madrid. Sculptural representation of the archangel Michael standing in warrior's attire, with a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left. Huamanga stone, a marble-like but softer and more translucent stone, began to be worked at the beginning of the colonial period (1533) and was named after the quarries in the province of Huamanga in the Ayacucho region. Partially preserved and damaged. Literature: See Majluf, Wuffarden: Der Huamanga-Stein - Das Heilige und das Profane (The Huamanga Stone - The Sacred and the Profane), Lima, 1998.