General note
Scope and Content of Collection
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Collection of Mexican religious engravings
Creator:
Getty Research Institute
Identifier/Call Number: 960027
Physical Description:
49 prints
Date (inclusive): 1700-1830
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 of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
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General note
Item numbers are from the dealer's inventory; skipped numbers were for books received with the collection and transferred
to the Library.
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.
Acquisition Information
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.
Preferred Citation
Collection of Mexican religious engravings, 1700-1830, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 960027.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa960027
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