Thesis Proclamation of José Vicente Maldonado y Trespalacios, dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe
Este grabado es una tesis presentada en la Real y Pontificia Universidad de México por un estudiante de la licenciatura de Medicina. Está dedicada a la Virgen de Guadalupe, visible en la sección superior sobre una inscripción en latín con el texto: «No había hecho esto por ninguna otra nación». La frase alude a la milagrosa aparición de la Virgen en México, interpretada como una señal de favor divino. La Virgen de Guadalupe empezó a invocarse con especial frecuencia a partir de 1737, cuando se le atribuyó la intervención que puso fin a una epidemia mortal.
Artwork Details
- Title: Thesis Proclamation of José Vicente Maldonado y Trespalacios, dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe
- Artist: Baltasar Troncoso y Sotomayor (Mexican, 1725–1791)
- Publisher: Herederos de María de Rivera (Mexican, active ca. 1754–68)
- Published in: Mexico City
- Date: 1756
- Medium: Woodcut, letterpress and engraving (image of the Virgin) printed on white silk with a decorative metalic thread border backed with a panel of red silk.
- Dimensions: Sheet: 26 5/8 × 19 1/8 in. (67.6 × 48.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
- Object Number: 46.46.559
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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