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'Christ of the Earthquakes'

Alberto Torres portrays Jesus on the cross with his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene and Saint John. The Bible tells how at the hour of Christ's death, darkness fell and the earth trembled. A replica of an anonymous 18th century work in the La Paz Cathedral Museum, this beautiful painting also makes reference to an image of "Christ of the Earthquakes" venerated in the Cuzco Cathedral. On May 31, 1650, a quake leveled buildings in Cuzco. In a miraculous occurrence for those times of strict segregation, noblemen and women gathered around the image to pray with slaves, mestizos and native Americans in a demonstration of Christian brotherhood.

Torres embellishes this lovely work with applications of 22k gold leaf, and presents it in a cedar frame with bronze leaf.

Titled "Cristo de los temblores" in Spanish.