Harvard Art Museums > TL42095.1: Mama Ocllo Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mama Ocllo (Unidentified Artist) , TL42095.1,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 21, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/364389. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text Mama Ocllo is revered as the cofounder and first queen of the Inka Empire. The accounts of Mama Ocllo are numerous, including narratives of instruction to Inka women on how to build houses and weave cloth. Mama Ocllo and her siblings are believed to be the founders of the city of Cuzco, and they serve as intermediaries between the creator god and humans. Artists in the Spanish viceroyalties of America (colonies and kingdoms led by a viceroy, or appointed governor, on behalf of the Spanish crown) created regional visual cultures that embraced hybrid histories and politics. In Cuzco, a major center of artistic production in the Peruvian Andes, paintings drew upon local Indigenous cosmologies and expertise in pigments and textiles, while also borro-wing European conventions of pose, gesture, and scale from prints. This variety of influences led to complex com-positions with layered interpretations, demonstrated by this painting. Identification and Creation Object Number TL42095.1 People Unidentified Artist Title Mama Ocllo Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1835-1845 Places Creation Place: South America, Peru, Cuzco Culture Spanish Colonial Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/364389 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Canvas: 49.2 × 36.2 × 2.2 cm (19 3/8 × 14 1/4 × 7/8 in.) Frame: 60.3 × 47 × 5.4 cm (23 3/4 × 18 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma Object Number TL42095.1 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 08/06/2024
