Many cities, especially in Northern and Central Italy, have representations of the Madonna della Misericordia: Siena, Pienza, Cortona, Ancona, Sansepolcro, Vicenza (Monte Berico) among many others. This invocation of the Madonna was also common in Germany where it is known as the Schutzmantelmadonna (Sheltering-cloak Madonna) and can be found in Spain as well. In Seville it is known as Virgen de los Navegantes (Virgin of the Seafarers) and it was painted to commemorate the discovery of the New World. It can be admired in the Alcazar and in one of the side streets in the Santa Cruz, or old Jewish quarter. I was surprised to see it, however, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where it came not through the Spanish conquest but rather with the Italian immigration of the late 19th century.