It is suggested the similarity comes from the conquest and colonization of the Philippines by Spain during the 16th century, when Asian cultures influenced engravings of the Virgin Mary, as evidenced for example in an ivory carving of the Virgin Mary by a Chinese carver.
It is suggested. The similarity comes from the conquest and colonization of the Philippines by Spain during the 16th century, as evidenced for example in an ivory carving of the Virgin Mary by a Chinese carver. Asian cultures influenced engravings of the Virgin Mary.