Museo de la Catedral de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, 2015-07-22, DD 91-93 HDR

Diego Delso

2015-07-22

Classification
Painting
Museum
Wikimedia Commons
Rights
CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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About this work

Chapter house located in today's museum of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito, Historic Center of Quito, capital of Ecuador. The construction of the catholic temple began in 1562 and it was consecrated 10 years later, but this hall was inaugurated in the 17th century by order of bishop Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro. The chapter house contains paintings of all bishops and achbishops of the Archdiocese of Quito since 1545.