Colonial School. 17th - 18th century. "Christ, fountain of blood". Oil on canvas. 45 x 35 cm. The iconography of Christ as a fountain of life has its origin in the engraving "Christus als Quell des Lebens" by Peter Overadt Erben (1595-1655), published by G. C. Stich in the 17th century. (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig. (2021-11-02). Christus als Quell des Lebens. Retrieved from https://global.museum-digital.org/object/1537349) Also see: (PESSCA 1597A, https://colonialart.org/artworks/1527A/view) Similar examples to our painting are the Christ as the fountain of life, by an anonymous artist, kept in the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología, e Historia in Lima, and that of the Cuzcan artist which is part of the Barbosa-Stern Collection in Lima, both dating from the 17th century.