El Conde Del Villar don Fernando de Torres y Portugal el Sesto Bizorrey · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Conde Del Villar don Fernando de Torres y Portugal el Sesto Bizorrey
Subject: Don Fernando de Torres; Viceroys; Colonialism; Conquest; Government
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image depicts a standing portrait of the Count of Villar and sixth viceroy of Peru, Don Fernando de Torres of Portugal. He is illustrated standing upright as he holds the hilt of his sword with his left hand and a rosary in his right. The author describes this viceroy to be a friend of the poor and a good Christian man. The large caption at the bottom of the image reads, “el conde de uillar, don fernando de torres y [por]tugal, por mediado del ano de mill quinientos y ochen[ta y] cinco anos gouerno hasta el fin del ano de mil quinien[tos] nouenta y [nu]eue anos en tienpo del rrey felipo [el segundo]” [the count of Vilar, Don Fernando de Torres of Portugal, governed in the middle of the year 1585 until the end of the year of 1599 in the time of King Philip II].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:22962
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_22962_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Don Fernando de Torres; Viceroys; Colonialism; Conquest; Government

Media: mta_22962_OBJ.jpg