V. Efigies Vener. P. Fr. Petri Vrraca, Ord. B.V.M. de Mercede. Redempt. Captiv. Virtutibus, ...
Creator 1:
Pedro de Villafranca
Creator 1 dates:
ca. 1615-1684
Creator 1 role:
sculptor Regius, sculpsit
Place image published:
[Madrid]
Image publisher:
[Imprenta Real]
Image date:
1660
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
16 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
11.4 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
20.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin
Description:
Portrait of Pedro Urraca, member of the Mercedarian Order. He wears the shield of his order, holds a heart in his left hand and points to three stars with his right hand. Includes an angel.
Source creator:
Colombo, Felipe, 1623-1684
Source Title:
El Iob de la ley de gracia, retrato en la admirable vida del siervo de Dios, venerable padre fray Pedro Vrraca, ...
Source place of publication:
[Madrid]
Source publisher:
En la Imprenta Real
Source date:
1674
notes:
Urraca was born in Spain and was brought to South America by his brother. He was ordained as a priest in Lima in 1610, and he died in Lima in 1657. The stars in the portrait refer to a miraculous appearance of three stars in this configuration when Urrace was nine years old.
