Oil on tin icon painting. Latin America, Peru, Cusco school, 18th century. Square format. The piece represents the Virgin of Candelaria or Our Lady of Candle, the second most widespread Marian devotion on the American continent. Mother of God is depicted with Baby Jesus on one hand and a long candlestick in the other. Landscape scenery. Wooden frame with embossed silver-tone metal mount. The Cusco school was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition based in Cusco, Peru during the Colonial period, from the 16th to 18th centuries. It was also present in modern day Ecuador and Bolivia. Cusquena paintings are characterized by their use of exclusively religious subjects, their lack of perspective, and the predominance of red, yellow and earth colors. Collectible Religious Christian Fine Art And Icon Painting, Spanish Colonial School of Art.