S[an]ta M[ari]a de la R[ei]na, Peña de Fr[an]cia, Copaca[ba]na y de Nuestra Senora del Rosario · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: S[an]ta M[ari]a de la R[ei]na, Peña de Fr[an]cia, Copaca[ba]na y de Nuestra Senora del Rosario
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Lima; West Indies; South America; Peru; Cuzco
Description: This image depicts a statue of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus in her arms. Both her and Christ have halos around their heads. The Virgin Mary is encircled by a large rosary. Kneeling before the Virgin Mary and Jesus is Saint Peter. He is often depicted holding keys in Christian iconography which symbolize the keys to Heaven. Saint Peter also has a halo around his head. The author included this image as he wanted to demonstrate that the indigenous commoners of colonial Peru were devout Christians. The initials s.p.o are written above Saint Peter’s head to identify him as San Pedro. There are words written below the image of the Virgin Mary which read, santa maría de peña de francia [Saint Mary of Peñafrancia].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23740
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_23740_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Indigenous Peoples; Commoners; Virgin Mary; Saint Peter; Colonialism; Colonization; Christianity; Religion