V. P. Juan Antonio de Oviedo, Americano, de la Compañia de Jesus, murio de edad de 87 años.
Creator 1:
Miguel Cabrera
Creator 1 dates:
1695-1768
Creator 1 role:
pin.
Creator 2:
Balthasar Troncoso y Sotomayor
Creator 2 role:
del. et sc.
Place image published:
[Mexico]
Image publisher:
[Imprenta del Real, y Mas-Antiguo de S. Ildefonso]
Image date:
[1760]
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
18.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
12.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
20.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
14.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Spanish
Description:
Portrait of Juan Antonio de Oviedo, holding a book and biretta and surrounded with volumes of books.
Source creator:
Lazcano, Francisco Javier, 1702-1762
Source Title:
Vida examplar, y virtudes heroicas del venerable padre Juan Antonio de Oviedo, de la Compañia de Jesus
Source place of publication:
En Mexico
Source publisher:
en la Imprenta del Real, y Mas-Antiguo de S. Ildefonso
Source date:
1760
notes:
A native-born American, Oviedo taught philosophy in Mexico and theology in Guatemala, was procurator at Rome and Madrid, visitor of Manila, rector of Mexico, and twice provincial of the Jesuits of Mexico. He was also a prolific writer on religious and theological subjects, both in Spanish and Latin.Cabrera was a Mexican painter.
