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Thesis Proclamation of José Vicente Maldonado y Trespalacios, dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe

1756
Not on view
This print is a thesis presented to the Royal University of Mexico by a candidate for a degree in medicine. It is dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe, who is shown in the upper section above a Latin inscription that reads, "She hath done this for no other nation." The phrase refers to the Virgin’s miraculous apparition in Mexico, regarded as a sign of divine favor. It was invoked with particular frequency after 1737, when the Virgin of Guadalupe was credited with intervening to end a deadly epidemic.



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

Object Information
  • 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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