COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
06827
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06827
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Record number:
06827-5
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06827-5
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JCB call number:
B733 S687i
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B733 S687i
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Vignettes of Tenochtitlan, native American feast, symbols of office, and Aztec god (?)]
image_title
[Vignettes of Tenochtitlan, native American feast, symbols of office, and Aztec god (?)]
Image title
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Creator 1:
Alessandro dalla Via
creator1
Alessandro dalla Via
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
fl. 1688-1729
creator1_dates
fl. 1688-1729
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false
Creator 1 role:
f[ecit].
creator1_role
f[ecit].
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false
Place image published:
[Venice]
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[Venice]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Andrea Poletti]
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[Andrea Poletti]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1733]
image_date
[1733]
Image date
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Image function:
plate; following p. 186
image_function
plate; following p. 186
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
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Image dimension height:
18.3 cm.
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18.3 cm.
Image dimension height
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Image dimension width:
13 cm.
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13 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
23.3 cm.
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23.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
17 cm.
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17 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
[top] Bird's-eye view of Tenochtitlan or Mexico City. [middle] Scene of native American feasting. Includes feathered headdresses and garments. [bottom] Symbols of office. Aztec god wearing a headdress with an eagle [?] on it.
description
[top] Bird's-eye view of Tenochtitlan or Mexico City. [middle] Scene of native American feasting. Includes feathered headdresses and garments. [bottom] Symbols of office. Aztec god wearing a headdress with an eagle [?] on it.
Description
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Source creator:
Solís, Antonio de, 1610-1686
source_creator
Solís, Antonio de, 1610-1686
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false
Source Title:
[Historia de la conquista de México. Italian] Istoria della conquista del Messico ...
source_title
[Historia de la conquista de México. Italian] Istoria della conquista del Messico ...
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
In Venezia [Venice]
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In Venezia [Venice]
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false
Source publisher:
Per Andrea Poletti
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Per Andrea Poletti
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MCDDXXXIII [1733]
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MCDDXXXIII [1733]
Source date
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notes:
The city is probably shown as the artist imagined Tenochtitlan was before Europeans arrived, but with European-type houses and churches and men on horseback or herding sheep. The image is derived from Carol Allard, Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitas, Amsterdam 1681, who in turn derived his view from the Hernán Cortés map-view of Tenochtitlán. The Aztec god is possibly Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the sun and war and patron of Tenochtitlan. The turquoise or fire serpent (xiuhcoatl) was his mystical weapon and he carried a shield with five arrows in it.
notes
The city is probably shown as the artist imagined Tenochtitlan was before Europeans arrived, but with European-type houses and churches and men on horseback or herding sheep. The image is derived from Carol Allard, Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitas, Amsterdam 1681, who in turn derived his view from the Hernán Cortés map-view of Tenochtitlán. The Aztec god is possibly Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the sun and war and patron of Tenochtitlan. The turquoise or fire serpent (xiuhcoatl) was his mystical weapon and he carried a shield with five arrows in it.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
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1701-1750
Time Period
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--Religion
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico--Religion
Subject headings
false