圣母无原罪之冠，被称为安第斯之冠 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	圣母无原罪之冠，被称为安第斯之冠
品名（英）	Crown of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Crown of the Andes
入馆年号	2015年，2015.437
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1655 - 公元 1775
创作地区	制造于: 哥伦比亚（Made in: Colombia）
分类
尺寸	13 1/2 英寸 (34.3 厘米) Body diameter: 13 1/4 英寸 (33.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	16世纪抵达南美洲的西班牙人遇到了丰富而复杂的土著黄金加工传统，这种传统已经发展了数千年。十六世纪和十七世纪，许多（如果不是大多数的话）柱前的黄金作品被熔化，它们的贵金属被重新用于西班牙和美洲的新宗教和世俗领袖这顶王冠是为了装饰波帕扬（哥伦比亚）大教堂中供奉的圣母玛利亚的神圣形象而制作的。作为圣母神圣封神的象征，王冠周围环绕着金色的葡萄酒，上面镶嵌着花朵形状的祖母绿簇，象征着她的纯洁。王冠顶部是帝国拱门和一个十字架球体，象征着基督对世界的统治尽管这种做法有争议，但在圣母玛利亚的雕塑上赠送奢华的礼物，包括珠宝和华丽的服装，是很常见的。为了获得救赎，信徒们寻求她的代祷，并努力向她致敬，增加她崇拜的光彩。与此同时，皇冠代表了该地区最独特的艺术成就之一，该地区的财富来源于黄金和祖母绿的开采。
介绍（英）	Spaniards arriving in sixteenth-century South America encountered a rich and complex indigenous tradition of gold working that had developed over the course of millennia. Many, if not most, Precolumbian works in gold were melted down in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, their precious metal repurposed for new religious and secular leaders both in Spain and the Americas. This crown was made to adorn a sacred image of the Virgin Mary venerated in the cathedral of Popayán (Colombia). A symbol of the Virgin’s divine queenship, the crown is encircled by golden vinework set with emerald clusters in the shape of flowers, a reference to her purity. The diadem is topped by imperial arches and a cross-bearing orb that symbolizes Christ’s dominion over the world. Although the practice was controversial, it was common to bestow lavish gifts, including jewels and sumptuous garments, on sculptures of the Virgin Mary. To gain salvation, the faithful sought her intercession and worked to honor her and increase the splendor of her worship. At the same time, the crown represents one of the most distinctive artistic achievements of a region whose wealth derived from the mining of gold and emeralds.