Attributed to Angelino Medoro (Rome, circa 1565 - Seville, 1632) 'Our Lady of Silence'  Oil on copper. With a chased and embossed silver 18th century frame. 23 x 19 cm.  Frame measurements: 54,5 x 38 cm.   Italian painter who settled in the Viceroyalty of Peru, via Spain. His art was especially influential in that territory, fundamentally in the painting of Cuzco. In 1587 he moved to Santafé where he painted a Virgin of Antigua for the church of Santo Domingo, which was characterized by having a Sevillian style and being accompanied by figures such as San Francisco and the donors Diego Hernández Hervalle and his wife Polonia de Roa. It is one of the first portraits painted in New Granada, a fact that gives it immense value for the history of Colombian art, as noted by the Royal Academy of History. In addition, other important works are attributed to him, such as a Descent from the Cross, inspired by a painting by Pedro Pablo Rubens, and a Lamentation, which belong to the Convent of Santo Domingo de Tunja.   He also painted a penitent Mary Magdalene for the church of San Francisco and was master of Fray Pedro Bedón in Tunja. In 1598 he finished his paintings for the chapel of Mancipe and in 1599 he moved to Cali, where he made works for the Franciscans, such as a San Antonio de Padua and a sculpture of Nuestra Señora del Socorro. In 1600, he traveled to Lima, where he made several paintings, including a Señor de la Columna and works for the chapel of the Ánimas in the cathedral. He taught in Lima in 1604 and was appointed painter to the Inquisition. In 1617 he painted the Portrait of Isabel Torres de Oliva, known as Santa Rosa de Lima. After being widowed, Medoro remarried María de Mesta y Pareja. He made several paintings for the Mercedarian Fathers and the Augustinians, some of which are still preserved. In 1623, he painted a Santa Margarita which is now in Bogotá. In 1629, he returned to Spain and settled in Seville. Despite being around seventy years old, he was still examined as a painter. He made a will in 1631 and died on February 22 of the following year.   It also has a significant value another portrait made in Lima in 1617, “Portrait of Isabel Torres de Oliva”, who was the first saint of America, Santa Rosa de Lima. “It was widely disseminated not only in the American continent but even in Europe, through engraving.”   Reference bibliography: - Fajardo de Rueda, Marta (n.d.). Real Academia de la Historia. https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/52375/angelino-de-medoro