Artist: Fr. Alonso de Ovalle (1603 – 1651) was a Chilean Jesuit priest and chronicler of Chilean history, author of the Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile y de las missiones y ministerios que exercita en él la Compañía de Jesus, describing the Conquest of Chile and the Arauco War.
Title: Portrait of Capn. D. Fran[ces]co Rodriguez del Manzano Y Ovalle. Manzano y Ovalle was the author's father.
Titled: Capn. D. Fran[ces]co Rodriguez del Manzano Y Ovalle.
Dimensions: Sheet 8 3/4" x 6".
Publisher: Francisco Cavallo.
Edition: Historica relacion del reyno de Chile, y delas missiones, y ministerios que exercita en el la Compañia de Iesus. Rome, M. DC. XLVI.
Date: 1646.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper, extremities are reinforced verso from four sides.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: trimmed to the image. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: following p. 322.
Museums and Libraries: John Carter Brown Library. Archive of Early American Images 0875.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the John Carter Brown Library collection.