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''The Virgin of the Navigators'' ((スペイン語:La Virgen de los Navegantes)) is a painting by Spanish artist Alejo Fernández, created as the central panel of an altarpiece for the chapel of the Casa de Contratación building in Seville, southern Spain. It is the earliest known painting whose subject is the discovery of the Americas.〔John Noble, Susan Forsyth, Vesna Maric, Paula Hardy. ''Andalucía''. Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 100〕〔Silvio Bedini, 1991 ''The Christopher Columbus encyclopedia'' ISBN 0-13-142670-2 page 318〕 The painting is a version of the common iconography of the Virgin of Mercy, in which the Virgin Mary protects the faithful under the folds of her mantel, best known from the 1445 painting ''The Madonna of Mercy'' by Piero della Francesca. In this the Virgin Mary is always the largest figure in the picture, towering above those being protected.〔Leslie Levin, 1998 ''Metaphors of conversion in seventeenth-century Spanish drama'' ISBN 1-85566-057-1 page 28〕 Sometime before 1536, officials at the Casa de Contratación commissioned the painting as the central panel of an altarpiece that they installed in the Hall of Audiences, so that the room could also serve as a chapel. Scholars date the painting to 1531–36.〔("16th century AD" ), Carla Rahn Phillips, ''Renaissance Quarterly'', fall 2005〕 ==Background== By the Age of Exploration, with the growth of Mariology, Catholics throughout Europe had started to see the Virgin Mary as the symbol of motherhood and of all that was good, gentle and merciful.〔Heather Millar. 'Spain in the Age of Exploration', Marshall Cavendish, 1999, pp. 46-47〕 These sentiments were reflected in Marian art from that period (see History of Mariology). European navigators, especially the Portuguese, praying for a safe return to their homes, carried this sentiment to South America, where it resulted in churches dedicated to Our Lady of Navigators.〔Candice Lee Goucher, 2007 ''World history: journeys from past to present'' ISBN 0-415-77137-4 page 102〕〔Vicente del Rio, 2009 ''Contemporary urbanism in Brazil'' ISBN 0-8130-3281-4 page 189〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Virgin of the Navigators」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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