Divinity Atlas

Sacred Correspondences
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Sacred Art & Iconography

The Virgin of Guadalupe with a Kneeling Man, Possibly Juan Diego (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 30.82.244)

Christian Art

An anonymous 19th-century Mexican metal plate engraving depicting the Virgin of Guadalupe appearing to a kneeling man holding a hat, whom the Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title identifies only as possibly Juan Diego. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 30.82.244, a gift of Jean Charlot in 1930.

Facts
Classification
Object Type
Print (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1
Physical Form
Medium
Anonymous Mexican engraving, 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art 30.82.244 1
Medium (class)
Engraving 1
Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Source Virgin of Guadalupe Apparition Print, Metropolitan Museum of Art (30.82.244)

Depicts

Juan Diego, Figures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title for this engraving identifies the kneeling man only as possibly Juan Diego, a hedge rather than an outright naming.

Source Virgin of Guadalupe Apparition Print, Metropolitan Museum of Art (30.82.244)
Sources
1. Virgin of Guadalupe Apparition Print, Metropolitan Museum of Art (30.82.244)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • accession 30.82.244
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    An anonymous 19th-century Mexican metal plate engraving depicting the Virgin of Guadalupe appearing to a kneeling man holding a hat, whom the Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title identifies only as possibly Juan Diego.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.