COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07144
Record number:
07144-43
JCB call number:
BA789 X7cb
Image title:
Conjura el Bto. Aparizio a los Demonios, y los obliga â huirse a los Abismos
Place image published:
[Rome]
Image publisher:
[Pedro Bombelli]
Image date:
1789
Image function:
plate 49
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
14.2 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 holding cross and a forked flaming sword forces demons to return to Hell. The demons blow out smoke and climb the ceiling. A man watches Aparicio while holding a book and lit candle. Another man lies sleeping on a bed.
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:
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 as a lay brother or tertiary 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
Subject headings:
Exorcism
Conjura el Bto. Aparizio a los Demonios, y los obliga â huirse a los Abismos
