COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
66-27
Record number:
66-27-1
JCB call number:
BA666 F363a (copy 1)
Image title:
El Ve. Pe. Po. Claver Catalan de la Compa. de Jesus ...
Creator 1:
Marcus Orozco
Creator 1 dates:
fl. 1653-1704
Creator 1 role:
Sculpsit
Place image published:
[Saragossa]
Image publisher:
[Diego Dormer]
Image date:
[1666]
Image function:
plate; preceding p. 1
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
15.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
11.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
19.7 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Portrait of the Jesuit, Pedro Claver. He holds a crucifix and stands before two enslaved Black people. He is surrounded by insects, probably mosquitos.
Source creator:
Fernández, José, 1617-1674
Source Title:
Apostolica, y penitente vida de el V.P. Pedro Claver, de la Compañia de Iesus. Sacada principalmente de informaciones juridicas hechas ante el Ordinario de la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias
Source place of publication:
En Zaragoça [Saragossa]
Source publisher:
Por Diego Dormer
Source date:
1666
notes:
Claver, known as the patron saint of the slaves, baptized and cared for the slaves in Cartagena, present-day Colombia, working especially amongst the lepers and during a smallpox epidemic.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1966.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Portraits
Subject headings:
Slavery--Colombia
El Ve. Pe. Po. Claver Catalan de la Compa. de Jesus ...
