Apostol San Bartolome · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Apostol San Bartolome
Subject: Saint Bartholomew; Anti Waricocha; Baptism; Conversion; Religion; Christianity; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; South America; Callao; Callo; West Indies
Description: This illustration depicts the apostle Saint Bartholomew performing a conversion and baptism to an indigenous Peruvian named Anti, whose baptismal name became Anti Waricocha. Saint Bartholomew also places the holy cross of Carabuco in the province of Callao. The words santa crus de carabuco are written at the top of the cross to identify it. Anti Waricocha is depicted kneeling on the right side of the engraving looking up to Saint Bartholomew. The words anti uira cocha colla fue bautizado este yndio are written above Anti’s head, which translates to Anti Waricocha from Callo, this Indian was baptized. A note at the very bottom of the image reads de 1570 años de la santa cruz which tells us that this event happened 1,570 years ago at the time of publication.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20175
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_20175_OBJ.jpg