Colonial Philippine religious art of the 17th to 19yh centuries, prominent among which is a retablo from the Church of San Nicolas de Tolentino in Dimiao, Bohol – a National Cultural Treasure – together with a selection of carved religious images (santos), reliefs and paintings. – National Museum of the Philippines
(Retablo on Philippine Hardwood (baroque style).)(Santa Ana, unknown artist, wood, undated)(San Isidro Labrador, unknown artist, wood, undated)(San Vicente Ferrer, unknown artist, wood, undated)(San Roque, unknown artist, wood, undated)(La Inmaculada Concepcion, unknown artist, wood, undated)(Different Santo Niño, unknown artist, wood, undated)(Santa Ana, unknown artist, wood, undated)(San Raphael with companion, unknown artist, wood, undated.)(San Miguel, unknown artist, wood, undated)(Santa Rita de Cascia, unknown artist, wood, undated)(Holy Family, unknown artist, oil on wood, undated)(Coronation of the Virgin, unknown artist, oil on wood, 1800)(Franciscan Saint, unknown artist, wood, undated)(Blessed Virgin Mary, Attributed to Juan Arceo, oil on wood, undated)(San Francisco, unknown artist, hardwood, undated)(Immaculada Concepcion, unknown artist, oil on canvas, undated)(Top: Door of Tabernacle, Pieta, Angel. Below: Angel, Crucifix, Angel.)
The earliest Philippine paintings depicting a historical political event, The Basi Revolt series by Esteban Villanueva of Vigan (on indefinite loan from the Ilocos Sur Historical and Cultural Foundation). Painted in 1821, fourteen paintings, together declared as a National Cultural Treasure, depict in naive and vivid style the famous 1807 uprising in Ilocos against colonial rule that culminated in a bloody defeat at the Bantaoay River in San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur.
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