COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
79-71
Record number:
79-71-2
JCB call number:
BA678 C718v
Image title:
[Life of Gonzalo Diaz de Amarante]
Creator 1:
Herman Panneels
Creator 1 role:
fecit
Creator 2:
Mr. Prieto
Creator 2 role:
Inventor
Place image published:
[Madrid]
Image publisher:
[Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes]
Image date:
[1678]
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 444
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
33.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
26.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
35.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
28.4 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin, Spanish
Description:
A monk kneels before a vision of the Virgin Mary wearing a crown and surrounded by angels. Before him stands a basket filled with bread [?]. Surrounding the Classical aedicule are scenes from his life including scene of him feeding the religious in the convent and feeding the poor of Lima. Also includes ship, devil or demon, coat of arms, deathbed, burial, and fire scene.
Source creator:
Colombo, Felipe, 1623-1684
Source Title:
Vida del servio de Dios V. P. Fray Gonzalo Diaz de Amarante ...
Source place of publication:
En Madrid
Source publisher:
Por Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes
Source date:
1678
notes:
Gonzalo Diaz de Amarante was born in Portugal, but traveled to Peru where he became a Mercedarian religious. In 1675, the apostolic process of making him a saint was initiated.
Time Period:
1651-1700
References:
http://www.orderofm… (Jan. 2006)
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1978.
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 headings:
Diaz de Amarante, Gonzalo, 1540-1618
Subject headings:
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles