Title
Verdadera Inscripcion, y Modelo del Tabernaculo, y Altar del Gloriosissimo Apostol SANTIAGO EL MAYOR unico Patron de las Espanas : y de la efigie del S. Apostol, como se venera en su Santa Iglesia Metropolitana de Compostela; Dedicada al mismo Santo Apostol, por el Ilustrissimo Senor Dean y Cabildo [de] dicha Metropolitana Iglesia. Ano del Nacimiento de Nuestro Senor Jesu Christo de Mil setecientos y diez y siete. / JOANNES DE DELGADO F. Matriti ; GASPAR DUCHANGE ex Acad. Reg. Scul. Parisiis.
Creator
Duchange, Gaspard, 1662-1757, printmaker.
Publication details
[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [1717]
Physical details
1 print : engraving and etching ; sheet 47.8 x 34 cm (trimmed below platemark)
Description
View of the baroque baldachin covering the main altar in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela above which there is a sculpture of St. James dressed in pilgrim's garb enthroned and surrounded by statues of angels and kings of Spain, with Solomonic columns paired on both sides and image of St. James on horseback brandishing a sword and fighting four men in Oriental costume above; under drapes decorated with tassels. Annotated on the verso in brown ink in two different hands: 'Mr Rob.t Dollton a / Painter Cambridge' above and 'Altar of St. Jago di Compostella / John de Delgado fec: / Gaspar Duchange sc. / O.J.O. / [cross]'. Watermark.
Place
Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Additional information
The print depicts the new baldachin built for the Cathedral between 1658 and 1677 by Francisco de Antas and Domingo de Andrade. Not listed in IFF.
Other persons
Delgado, Juan, active 1713-1730, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.73.48.2.