The Cuzco art relates to the Spanish after they conquered Peru in the 16th century and continued until the mid 19th century transforming the Incas painting into the Cuzco school. Most paintings have religious subjects such as Mary and Jesus, painted by unknown artists, not signed and they were displayed in churches. Eventually, by the end of the 18th century they became a trend which grew with many paintings in the same style even today to commercialize them. This specific piece for sale is an original Cuzco painting dating back to 17the maybe early 18th century. The edges were replaced in order to attach the painting to a new stretcher. My guess is that the edges were very worn and not able to allow the re-stretching. The new canvas used for the edges can be seen in the attached pictures and was professionally sewn to the original painting. This allowed to keep the authenticity of the piece while being properly re-stretched. The painting itself is beautiful with Virgin Mary and Jesus dressed with heavily decorated clothes and vivid colors, an aura above their heads in a mestizo baroque style. Look at the painting carefully and you can see “emeralds” on their clothing which from a certain angle look like real stones. Heavily decorated pieces are rare! It does have craquelures mostly at the top but some across the painting, it has been professionally repaired (see pictures with and without UV). There are about 20+ small chips varying in size from 1mm to maybe 3 mm. A couple of them are a bit larger as they result from the age of the painting. The frame is magnificent, made specially for this painting with mirrors and carved wood around. I would say that both the restretching and the new frame go back to the 1980’s. The painting measures 42″ X 30″ framed with a view of 32″ X 20″.