Our Lady of Balvanera
The original, as its museum records it
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
| Artist | Juan Correa (Mexican) |
|---|---|
| Date | 1665–1700 |
| Museum | Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City |
| Medium | Óleo sobre tela |
| Sheet sizes | 8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in |
Sizes
Free shipping, included in the price, to all eight countries we ship to. Printed to order and dispatched in 2–4 working days. If it arrives damaged, we replace it — nothing to send back.
Send as a gift
A printed card goes in the parcel with your message and the work’s museum record. No price is shown anywhere in the parcel. Enter the recipient’s address at checkout.
0 / 240Have a gift certificate?
The certificate’s balance is applied at checkout; any remainder is paid there. Check a balance or buy one.
Christmas: order by Monday 7 December for delivery in the United States before Christmas.
View in the galleryAbout this painting
Our Lady is found inside an oak, enthroned where the trunk has split open, the Christ Child on her knee holding a book. Two hermits kneel below, one barefoot in brown, one in black, their axes on the ground. The Museo Franz Mayer tells the legend: a statue said to be carved by Saint Luke, hidden in the oak after the Moors invaded Spain, shown by the Virgin to the hermits Domingo and Nuño beside a spring and a beehive. Cristina Cruz González traces the devotion to expatriates from the Rioja in Mexico City, where Conceptionist nuns kept her church. Juan Correa leaves the oak open, and her in it.
Sources: Museo Franz Mayer, 'Virgen de la Balvanera', Juan Correa, Google Arts & Culture, read 2026-09-24 · Cristina Cruz González, 'The Balvanera Escudo', Conversations (MAVCOR, Yale), 2014; read 2026-09-24
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 11,909 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.