File:Huanitzin.jpg
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anonymous: Mass of Saint Gregory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q3457338 |
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Title |
Mass of St. Gregory |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: The Mass of St. Gregory. This technique, Mexican feather work, was a specialty of Aztec craftsmen called amanteca. This particular piece is the oldest extant example of Christian art in the Americas. The inscription details that Friar Pedro de Gante and Don Diego Huanitzin, Mexico City’s governor, commissioned the work as a gift to Pope Paul III, whose 1537 papal decree defended the rights of indigenous people. |
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Date |
1539 date QS:P571,+1539-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | feathers on panel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 68 cm (26.7 in); width: 56 cm (22 in) dimensions QS:P2048,68U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,56U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q3330134 |
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Accession number |
986.1.1 (Jacobin Museum, Auch) |
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Place of creation | Mexico City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin |
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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
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current | 08:17, 21 May 2006 | 464 × 600 (120 KB) | Nanahuatzin (talk | contribs) | The Mass of St. Gregory, feathers on a wood panel 68 x 56 cm, Mexico 1539. Musée de Jacobins, Auch. By Diego Huanutzin, Aztec puppet ruler under the Spanish between 1539-1541. This technique was an speciality of the aztec craftmen called "amanteca" and t |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS Windows |
File change date and time | 00:13, 21 May 2006 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |