Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Illustracion de la Beata Rosa

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