S[an]ta Obra de la Caridad que Tienen los Yndios Deste Rreyno Con Sus Progimos · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: S[an]ta Obra de la Caridad que Tienen los Yndios Deste Rreyno Con Sus Progimos
Subject: Mercy; Indigenous Peoples; Sickness; Charity
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America; Peru
Description: This image depicts indigenous peoples of Peru performing charitable deeds towards the poor and sick. There is a sick woman lying in a bed on the right side of the image who is being fed by a man standing in front of her. There is a woman standing behind the sick woman who has her hands on her shoulders to comfort her. The caption at the top of the image reads, “Y ancí comen en la plaza pública por dalle de comer a los pobres enfermos y peligrinos, la ley antigua y la ley de Dios de las buenas obras de misericordia, corpachanqui” [And thus they eat in the public square, giving food to the poor, to the sick, and to the pilgrims, following the ancient law and the law of God with their good works of mercy, you give them shelter]. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “santa obra de misericordia” [Holy works of mercy].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23797
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23797_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Mercy; Indigenous Peoples; Sickness; Charity

Media: mta_23797_OBJ.jpg