Francisco Tito Yupanqui
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Francisco Tito Yupanqui | |
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 Statue of Tito Yupanqui in Copacabana | |
| Born | 1550 |
| Died | 1616 (65-66) |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Known for | Sculpture, wood-carving, Marian images |
| Notable work | Virgen de Copacabana (1583) |
Francisco Tito Yupanqui (1550–1616) was an
Background
Yupanqui was born in
Our Lady of Copacabana
Under the influence of the Dominicans, Yupanqui's monotheistic beliefs increased while studying religion and started admiring the works of European religious art. Legend has it that one night, a beautiful woman carrying in her arms a child appeared in the fourth month of the Indian calendar and was charged with the task of making the image. This image later became known as Nuestra Senora de Virgen de la Candelaria or Our Virgin Lady of the Candles. Father Antonio Montoro, who was the presiding parish priest at the time insisted that the image of the virgin be likened to European faces, but Yupanqui insisted that the face of the statue be likened that to the native people of Bolivia.
Later art career
Later in his life, Yupanqui created three other replicas of his famed Marian image and sent to three different places. One statue resides in
Veneration
Yupanqui died in 1616 in the monastery of Oblates of the Order of Saint Augustine in Cusco, Bolivia.
The statue Yupanqui made was crowned Queen of Bolivia on August 1, 1925 by the
In 2011, the Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bolivia petitioned the Holy See to beatify Yupanqui as the first person of Bolivia.[2]
References
- ^ Dean, Carolyn. "The Renewal of Old World Images and the Creation of Colonial Peruvian Visual Culture" in Converging Cultures: Art & Identity in Spanish American. Page 175
- ^ "News from the Vatican - News about the Church - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va.
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