A Tale of Two Women

Salvador Dali's 'Virgin of Guadalupe'

Nigel Bruce

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Salvador Dali's 'Virgin of Guadalupe'
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 Salvador Dalí, "Virgen de Guadalupe" (1959) in the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres.

Above is Dalí's wife, Gala, as the Virgin Mary, with roses of course. The sunflower seeds is a lovely touch. Below is Vision Of Hell (Visión Del Infierno) (1962), based on another vision of the Virgin Mary, in 1917, by three children in Fátima, Portugal. They claimed they saw a beautiful woman, dressed in white and standing above a bush. I guess Dalí dropped that bit.