Monjas coronadas

The Monjas coronadas (English: "Crowned nuns") is a pictorial portrait genre that emerged during the viceregal period of New Spain in the 17th century, extending into the 18th and 19th centuries. These paintings depict various nuns, particularly novices who have sworn perpetual vows, and thus appear with flowers and adornments appropriate for a "queen of a mystical carnival." A form of Catholic art, it is associated with Indochristian art.

This New Spanish Baroque pictorial genre from what is today Mexico, represented the graphic importance of the Catholic Church in the world of New Spain, in addition to depicting the nuns' convent life and its characteristics through iconographic representations with elements that allude to Catholic life, biblical passages, vows, etc.

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