Original Antique Devotional Print of Christ of Guamantanga, Peru, 1779

Name: Original Antique Devotional Print of Christ of Guamantanga, Peru, 1779
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14303-29
Price: 995 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1779
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 37.6 × 27.2 cm (14.8 × 10.7 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition, considering its age. General age-related toning, minor marks and wear along the sheet edges. Please study the image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Peru
Reference: BG-14303-29

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A devotional print of the "Verdadera Imagen del Ssmo. Christo de Guamantanga", an original copperplate engraving with early hand coloring, made in Peru and dated 1779. The title and a Spanish inscription are engraved in a panel at the foot of the sheet, recording that the image is venerated in the village of that name in the Province of Canta, in the Kingdom of Peru, in the year 1779.

At the center a crucifix stands beneath a round arch with a coffered vault, a skull at its foot and "INRI" above the head. Two figures kneel in prayer on either side: at the left a bearded man in a blue and green robe, and at the right a man in a red coat and wig. Fluted columns hung with ribbons and garlands frame the scene, and cherubs and a small cross crown the arch. Four oval medallions, two on each side, show scenes from the miracles and veneration of the crucifix, each with its own lettered legend. The coloring is in blues, greens, reds and yellow.

Engraved devotional images made in colonial Peru are far less common than European ones, and this sheet records a local cult from the Viceroyalty of Peru.

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