COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
03590
Record number:
03590-1
JCB call number:
BA670 M543i
Image title:
Illustracion de la Beata Rosa
Creator 1:
Pedro Nolasco
Creator 1 role:
Sculpsit
Place image published:
[Lima]
Image publisher:
[Juan de Quevedo]
Image date:
1670
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
18.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
12.8 cm.
Page dimension height:
19 cm.
Page dimension width:
14 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Rose of Lima kneels before heavenly figures [Christ and the Virgin Mary] who hold a crown of roses for her. God in the clouds and the Holy Spirit in the shape of a dove, as well as angels holding flowers and musical instruments look on. In the foreground, the pope, bishops, priest, a king with a crown, a soldier in armor and a nun kneel. Also includes flowers, a library with books and quill, and musical instruments such as a lute.
Source creator:
Menese y Arce, Gonzalo Andrés de
Source Title:
Ilustracion de la Rosa del Peru ...
Source place of publication:
En Lima
Source publisher:
En la Imprenta de Iuan de Quevedo
Source date:
1670
notes:
Rose of Lima, patron saint of the Americas, was canonized in 1671 making her the first saint born in the Americas.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1849.
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:
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles
Subject headings:
Rose, of Lima, Saint, 1586-1617
Illustracion de la Beata Rosa
