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Oil Painting Reunites Spanish and Taos Pueblo - 1696 When Don Diego de Vargas came to Taos in 1694 and 1696, the natives fled into the mountains. He negotiated with the Indians for three days. On the third day, September 24th, the Governor of the Pueblo sent Felipe, a former Sacristan, down from the mountain. Felipe offered to return to the Spanish some church vessels and an oil painting of Our Lady. De Vargas knelt to receive this painting of Our Lady of Aranzazu, while his soldiers saluted by shooting off their arquebussers. De Vargas rolled up the painting, put it in his tent, and it was never heard of again. The devotion to Our Lady of Aranzazu comes from the Basque country in the northern part of Spain. A monastery enshrines the original sculpture. The size of this mural is 36 x 60 inches.
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