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Virgin of Guadalupe by Sebastián Salcedo, 1779, Denver Art Museum
Our Lady of Guadalupe

Virgin of Guadalupe

Sebastián Salcedo (Mexican, active 1779)

1779 · Oil paint on copper panel · Denver Art Museum

For Our Lady of Guadalupe · 12 December

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About this painting

A banner at the top of the copper carries the words a pope gave to Mexico: Non fecit taliter omni nationi, he hath not done in like manner to every nation. Benedict XIV himself kneels at the lower left in his tiara, the Office and Mass he granted the feast open on his knee, and across from him a Mexica princess in a feathered crown holds the eagle of the empire. Between them the Virgin of Guadalupe stands on her moon in a blaze of gold, and round her, in scrolled rococo frames, are the apparitions to Juan Diego and the miracles of the image, with prophets and apostles reaching up to crown her, Regina sanctorum omnium. At the very foot lies the sanctuary at Tepeyac with its towers. The Denver Art Museum records the painter as Sebastián Salcedo, who signed and dated the work in 1779, oil on copper, bought in 1976. The whole theology of Guadalupe is on one small plate. Her eyes are lowered, as they are on the tilma.

Sources: Denver Art Museum, 'Virgin of Guadalupe', 1976.56; read 2026-10-15. · Douay-Rheims Bible, Psalm 147 (drbo.org); Catholic Encyclopedia (1910), 'Shrine of Guadalupe', on Benedict XIV's approval of the feast.

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The Record
Date 1779
Collection Denver Art Museum
Subject Our Lady of Guadalupe
Season Advent, Ordinary Time
Master 6,137 px
License Public domain (PD-Art, US); Google Art Project reproduction on Wikimedia Commons, Denver Art Museum partner capture; DAM states no open licence on the object page
Attribution Denver Art Museum · 1976.56

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Sebastián Salcedo
Date 1779
Medium Oil paint on copper panel
Dimensions 25½ × 19⅝ in.
Holding Denver Art Museum · 1976.56

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source Mexico - Virgin of Guadalupe - Google Art Project.jpg
Master 6,137 px on the long edge
Rights Public domain (PD-Art, US); Google Art Project reproduction on Wikimedia Commons, Denver Art Museum partner capture; DAM states no open licence on the object page — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistSebastián Salcedo (Mexican, active 1779)
Date1779
MuseumDenver Art Museum
Accession1976.56
MediumOil paint on copper panel
Dimensions25½ × 19⅝ in.
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in
Provenance of the file
Held byDenver Art Museum · 1976.56 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · Mexico - Virgin of Guadalupe - Google Art Project.jpg
LicencePublic domain
Master4,468 × 6,137 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons on 15 October 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 8×10 in · image 7.3×10 in · archival margin · 614 dpi
11×14 in sheet 11×14 in · image 10.2×14 in · archival margin · 438 dpi
16×20 in sheet 16×20 in · image 14.6×20 in · archival margin · 307 dpi
18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 17.5×24 in · archival margin · 256 dpi
24×36 in sheet 24×36 in · image 24×33 in · archival margin · 186 dpi
32×48 in sheet 32×48 in · image 32×44 in · archival margin · 140 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 6,137 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.