INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION OF MEXICAN RELIGIOUS
ENGRAVINGS, 1700-1830
Inventory created by Kirstin Hammer.
The Getty Research Institute
Research Library
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©1998
J. Paul Getty Trust.
INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION OF MEXICAN RELIGIOUS ENGRAVINGS,
1700-1830
Accession no. 960027
Inventory prepared by Kirstin Hammer
Getty Research Institute
Contact Information:
- The Getty Research Institute
- Research Library
- Special Collections and Visual Resources
- 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
- Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
- Phone: (310) 440-7390
- Fax: (310) 440-7780
- Email Requests: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/reference_form.html
- URL: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/
- Processed by:
- Kirstin Hammer
- Date Completed:
-
May 1997, revised Sept 1997, Aug 2005
- Encoded by:
- Philip Curtis
©1998 J. Paul Getty Trust.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Language: Collection material in Spanish
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Collection of Mexican religious engravings,
1700-1830, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no.
960027.
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.
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.
Note
Item numbers are from the dealer's inventory; skipped numbers were
for books received with the collection and transferred to the Library.
Folder 2, Item #10
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Folder 6, Item #16
Nuestra Señora de los Angeles
Folder 8, Item #29
Nuestra Señora de los Angeles
Folder 15, Item #44
Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
Folder 21, Item #71
El Santo Niño de San Juan
Folder 23, Item #74
Nuestra Señora del Trancito
Folder 26, Item #78
Ex Voto, Nuestra Señora de la
Bala
Folder 27, Item #79
Nuestra Señora de los Angeles
Folder 30, Item #82
St. Emegido, St. Philip Nerie, St.
Andrew
Folder 40, Item #95
Our Lady of Campo Florido
