Cristiano Comendero de In[di]os Deste R[ei]no · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cristiano Comendero de In[di]os Deste R[ei]no
Subject: Government; Encomendero; Trustee; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses and criticizes the government and society in Spanish conquered Peru. This image depicts a standing portrait of a Spanish encomendero [trustee]. The author explains that some of these men were good Christians and friends of the poor, while others were enemies of the indigenous peoples of Peru. They were the highest-ranking members of Spanish colonial society in Peru. They were tasked with caring for the spiritual needs of the indigenous peoples, in exchange for tribute (usually in the form of agricultural products or unpaid labour).
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23416
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_23416_OBJ.jpg