Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Verdadero Retrato del Venerable Hermano Pedro de S. Joseph Betancur, Fundador de la Compañia Bethleemitica en las Indias Occidentales.
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Accession number:
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11245
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Record number:
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11245-2
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JCB call number:
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BA683 M763v
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Image title:
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Verdadero Retrato del Venerable Hermano Pedro de S. Joseph Betancur, Fundador de la Compañia Bethleemitica en las Indias Occidentales.
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Creator 1:
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Io: Bapt Caetanus
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Creator 1 role:
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inve.
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Creator 2:
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B. Thiboust
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Creator 2 role:
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Sculp.
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Place image published:
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Romae [Rome]
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Image publisher:
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[Nicolas Angel Tinassi]
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Image date:
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[1683]
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Image function:
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plate; preceding p. 1
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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19.3 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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13.3 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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22.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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16.4 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Spanish
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Description:
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Barefoot monk kneels before the image the Virgin Mary on an altar or reredos. His cloak has a badge with the Holy Family on it.
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Source creator:
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Montalvo, Francisco Antonio de, 17th cent.
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Source Title:
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Vida admirable y muerte preciosa del venerable hermano Pedro de S. Joseph Betancur fundador de la Compañia Bethlemitica en las Yndias Occidentales
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Source place of publication:
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En Roma
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Source publisher:
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Por Nicolas Angel Tinassi Ympresor Camer.
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Source date:
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MDCLXXXIII. [1683]
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notes:
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Pedro de San José de Betancourt founded the hospitaler Bethlehemites or Belemites and worked for the poor in Guatemala; he was devoted to the Virgin Mary. He became the first Guatemalan saint in 2002. This engraving represents an apparition of the Virgin to Pedro de Betancourt in the chapel of "El Calvario" in Antigua, Guatemala. The Virgin is accompanied by Saint Joseph and Saint Francis of Assisi. Most of the representations of this apparition were confiscated by the Bishop Andres de la Navas because Betancourt is shown wearing the clothes of the order of the Bethlehemites and not those of the Franciscans to which he belonged. The scene of the nativity on Betancourt's cloak is the symbol of the Bethlehemites; it is included in any images or buildings related to the order. Betancourt is credited with introducing the custom of the "posada" in Guatemala (also practiced in Mexico). On Christmas Eve, groups recreate the procession of Mary and Joseph, looking for shelter and hospitality among neighbors and friends.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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http://www.revuemag.com/article-print-82.html (Jan. 2006)
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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Information on the iconography of this image was provided by Coralia Anchisi de Rodriguez of the Popol Vuh Museum at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín. She provided the information about the chapel, identification of the saints in the painting being venerated by Betancourt, as well as details about the suppression of images of Betancourt as a Bethlehemite.
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--Guatemala
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Subject headings:
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Betancourt, Pedro de, 1619-1667
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