Crown of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Crown of the Andes

Date

Ca. 1660 (diadem) and ca. 1770 (arches)

Type

Crown

Medium

Gold, repoussé and chased; emeralds

Department

The American Wing

Culture

Colombian; Popayán

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2015.437

Credit

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Acquisitions Fund and Mary Trumbull Adams Fund, 2015