COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
07144
Record number:
07144-31
JCB call number:
BA789 X7cb
Image title:
Enferma el Bto. Aparizio, declara dejar Virgen a su Esposa, y la instituie su heredera
Place image published:
[Rome]
Image publisher:
[Pedro Bombelli]
Image date:
1789
Image function:
plate 36
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
20 cm.
Image dimension width:
15.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
22.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
17.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Sebastián de Aparicio lies on his sickbed making his will in the event of his death. His weeping wife stands nearby while he talks to lawyers and men who show him casks of money. Here he declares he is a virgin and makes provisions for his wife to be his heir. Also includes dog and cat, sacks of gold, crucifix, religious paintings, notebook, and quill.
Source creator:
Ximénez, Mateo
Source Title:
Coleccion de estampas que representan los principales pasos, hechos y prodigios del Bto. Frai Sebastian de Aparizio religo. Franciscano de la Provincia del Sto. Evangelio de Mexico
Source place of publication:
Roma [Rome]
Source publisher:
por el incisor Pedro Bombelli
Source date:
1789
notes:
After his first wife died, Sebastián de Aparicio, aged 67 years, married a native American woman named Maria Estaban of Atzcapotzalco.Born in Spain, Sebastián de Aparicio traveled to Mexico where he made a substantial fortune building roads and the carriages or carts to carry goods on the roads. At age 70, he joined the Franciscan order and was known as the Angel of Mexico. He was beatified in 1787.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1900.
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:
Aparicio, Sebastián de, 1502-1600