We continue our review of the convento murals at Tzintzuntzan with a look at the surviving frescoes in the Sala de Profundis, or friars chapel/chapter room.
Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the Franciscan province of Michoacán, appear on either side of the elegant carved entry to the Sala de Profundis.
Both are shown as bearded young men, swathed in full length robes with their traditional attributes and deploy the customary red blue and green hues. Probably dating from the 1600s and much retouched, they are of mediocre quality.
An adjacent, partial mural depicts La Purísima and the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception with portraits of its disputants: Franciscan Duns Scotus and Dominican Thomas Aquinas.
Text © 2019 Richard D. Perry
color images courtesy of Nick Brooker and Robt Jackson
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