Jvega el P[adr]e a los Naipes con el Corregidor de la Prouincia · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Jvega el P[adr]e a los Naipes con el Corregidor de la Prouincia
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses the Christian priests in the colonial government in Peru. A Spanish priest dressed in ecclesiastic adornments is depicted sitting on the left side of the image while a Spanish corregidor [magistrate] is sitting on the right. They are illustrated playing cards and gambling. There is a large pile of money on the edge of the table as they are gambling their salaries. The author criticizes the actions of both officials.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23544
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_23544_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Parish Priests; Corregidor; Government; Colonialism; Colonization; Christianity