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Rites of the World
Mexican Gods and Priests, 1734 Engraving of Aztec Deities and Religious Ritual
Anno Domini MDCCXXXIV1734
$270
€240 · £205
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1734
- Sheet size
- 16.5 × 10.2 in (42 × 26 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Condition is good. The engraving shows strong impressions and clear details. There is light foxing and toning around the margins, and minor edge wear consistent with age. No tears or restorations are visible.
- Faith
- Indigenous Americas
- Collection
- Rites of the World
- Era
- 1700 to 1799, Mortier, Picart and the illustrated Bible
- Stock no.
- f_45019462
Mexican gods and priests, a copperplate engraving of 1734 from Les Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde, engraved after designs by Bernard Picart (Tome VI). The sheet is numbered 87 at the top and shows four separate scenes in a two-by-two grid.
The upper left shows an idol lettered "Vitzliputsli" (Huitzilopochtli) seated on a globe on a pedestal hung with weapons, before drawn curtains. At the upper right is "Tlaloch ou Tescalipuca", an enthroned figure with a shield, weapons and chains around the throne. At the lower left, "Tescalipuca représenté d'une autre façon" shows a seated figure with a round shield, the wall behind him decorated with skulls and crossbones. The fourth scene, "Prêtres Mexicains", shows two robed priests, one in a tall headdress holding a knife, on a checkered terrace.
The Cérémonies et Coutumes was a European picture-book of the world's religions, and Picart's Mexican scenes rest on written accounts of the conquest period rather than on what he or any of his contemporaries had seen.
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