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This image depicts two intricately dressed anthropomorphic statues positioned on a carved wooden base in front of a large painted altarpiece within a colonial church in Cuzco, Peru. This style of art is characteristic of the Cusco School. The left statue is a male figure, standing erect, wearing a feathered headpiece, a white ruff, and a multi-patterned tunic with geometric designs in red, gold, green, white, and black, featuring a fringed bottom edge. His feet are adorned with gold-colored sandals. He holds a tall golden staff, topped with a corn cob-like finial and a crossbar, in his right hand, and a rectangular, patterned shield or banner with a central square motif in his left hand. The right statue is a female figure, also standing erect, wearing an elaborate tiered dark headdress and a voluminous, multi-layered dress or cloak richly decorated with geometric patterns in red, gold, green, white, and brown. Her feet wear gold-colored sandals. She holds a braided green cord with red tassels in her left hand and a rosary-like object in her right. Behind the two statues, the altarpiece features a central painting of the Virgin Mary, standing with hands clasped in prayer, wearing a dark green mantle with gold stars over a red dress, encompassed by golden rays. Flanking the Virgin are vertical panels adorned with cherubic figures amidst colorful floral motifs. The lower sections of these panels include smaller painted scenes: the bottom left shows a figure, possibly praying, while the bottom right depicts a group of people gathered around a central figure or effigy. The statues rest on individual green and brown painted polygonal bases, which are placed on a larger, ornately carved wooden structure, likely part of an altar.
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