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INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION OF MEXICAN RELIGIOUS
ENGRAVINGS, 1700-1830
960027
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Title: Collection of Mexican religious engravings
Date (inclusive): 1700-1830
Collection number: 960027
Collector:
Getty Research Institute
Extent:
49 prints
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA
90049-1688
Abstract: Collection contains 49 loose prints, book cards, ex votos, and indulgences concerning the interpretation of religious subjects
and their devotion. Printers include Jose Elogio Morales, Jose de Nava, Jose Benito Ortuno, Francisco Antonio Rubio, Tomas
de Suria, Manuel de Villavicencio, and the Calle de la Profesa.
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Language: Collection material in Spanish
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Collection of Mexican religious engravings,
1700-1830, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no.
960027.
Collection acquired together with Mexican books of religious prints. The books
have been transferred to the Library's rare book collection. Several of the loose prints are
duplicates of those found in the books.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Collection of Mexican religious engravings contains 49
prints concerning the interpretation of religious subjects and their devotion.
Printers include Jose Elogio Morales, Jose de Nava, Jose Benito Ortuno,
Francisco Antonio Rubio, Tomas de Suria, Manuel de Villavicencio, and the Calle
de la Profesa.
The engravings appear in the form of book cards, ex votos, indulgences
and loose prints concerning the interpretation of religious subjects. The
collection features images of archangels, saints, virgins, and historical
figures. The most common are of Catholic devotional statues (nos. 19, 44, 60,
71, 73, 74, 78, 79 and 84). In the Spanish colonies, and elsewhere such statues
were believed to have aided in miracles and thus acquired local cults. Many of
the saints and virgins represented in the collection are also patrons of
pregnancy and childbirth, (St. Rita, St. Benito, Nuestra Señora de la
Bala), or enjoy particular devotions in Mexico (the Virgin of Guadalupe and St.
Joseph). Historical persons represented include Archbishop Nunez de Haro y
Peralta and Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza. Of particular interest is a map and
geographic table of New Spain, dedicated to Agustin de Ahumada y Villalon (no.
30). Also noteworthy are three images of Our Lady of Angels (nos. 16, 29, 79),
said to be copied from the original painted on an adobe wall near Mexico City.
The image was considered a local miracle.