page_title: Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
section_title: Chapel of Our Lady of Antigua
hierarchical_section_title: Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral / Interior / Chapels / Chapel of Our Lady of Antigua
caption_attribution_description: Español: Nuestra Señora de la Antigua, retablo neoclásico de la capilla del mismo nombre. Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México.
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución in Downtown Mexico City. The cathedral was built in sections from 1573 to 1813 around the original church that was constructed soon after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan, eventually replacing it entirely. Spanish architect Claudio de Arciniega planned the construction, drawing inspiration from Gothic cathedrals in Spain.
  Due to the long time it took to build it, just under 250 years, virtually all the main architects, painters, sculptors, gilding masters and other plastic artists of the viceroyalty worked at some point in the construction of the enclosure. This same condition, that of its extensive period of construction, allowed the integration into it of the various architectural styles that were in force and in vogue in those centuries, including the Gothic, Baroque, Churrigueresque, Neoclassical styles.
context_section_description: The Chapel of Our Lady of Antigua (Spanish: Capilla de Nuestra Señora de La Antigua) was sponsored and built between 1653 and 1660 by a brotherhood of musicians and organists, which promoted devotion to this Virgin.  Its altarpiece contains a painting of the Virgin, a copy of one found in the Cathedral of Seville.  This copy was brought to New Spain by a merchant.  Two other paintings show the birth of the Virgin and her presentation.  Both were painted by Nicolás Rodriguez Juárez.
caption: Our Lady of Antigua
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