LAS ANDAS DE PLATA DE LA VIRGEN DEL VALLE DE ÉCIJA

G. García-León

doi:10.12795/LA.2013.i25.17

THE SILVER ANDAS VIRGEN DEL VALLE ÉCIJA

Authors

G. García-León Government of Andalusia. Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/LA.2013.i25.17

Keywords:

silverware, Virgen del Valle, Écija, Gonzalo de Alcántara, baroque sculpture

Abstract

Documents are provided about the construction of a silver processional throne for Écija´s Patroness, the Virgen del Valle, built in Córdoba in 1634 by the silversmith Gonzalo de Alcántara, and was dismantled in 1772 in order to create a large altarpiece or carro triunfal (triumphal chariot) on which worship to the image.