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5076B

Arma Christi within a circular frame and Tetramorph

Arma Christi within a circular frame and Tetramorph

5076B
Artist
Workshop of Antonio Ricardo (but only as printer)
Title
Arma Christi within a circular frame and Tetramorph
Date
1602
Medium
Woodcut. 191x120mm (approx). Used as a title page illustration to the section Sigvense los qvatro sanctos evangelios […] in the front matter of Constituciones y ordenanças de la universidad, y studio general de la Ciudad de los Reyes del Piru. Lima: Antonio Ricardo, 1602.
Location
Antigua Imprenta de Antonio Ricardo, Lima, Perú.
Photo Source
John Carter Brown Library / archive.org
Correspondence Credit
Almerindo Ojeda
Note
Evidence that Ricardo used the same woodblock as Martínez (PI 5076A) comes from the shared dimensions of the impressions, the line-by-line similarities between them (modulo the graven instruments of the passion), and the losses and abrasions they share. Witness in this last regard the losses in (a) the halo of the eagle, (b) the portion of the filacteria lying immediately to the right of the eagle, (c) the portion of the filacteria next to the angel (three shared losses here), (d) the portion of the filacteria between the lion's paws, and (e) the abrasions in the lower left quadrant of the framed circle. The graven instruments of the passion therefore indicate that what we have here is a second state of the Martínez block.
Item
5076B
Correspondences
Archive: 5076A/5076B
Archive: 5076A/5076B
5076A/5076B
5076A/5076B