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Silverworks from Viceregal Peru : for God and country

Author
Egan, Martha J.
Document type
Article (journal)
Language
English
Source
Latin American art. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 6, 25-28, 5 ill. ( 3 col.)
ISSN
1042-9808
Abstract (en)
Brief account of silversmithing in Spanish South America in the 16th and 17th cs.; notes that a rare combination of circumstances--the abundance of precious metals proceeding from Potosí and other mining towns; the patronage and material aspirations of an extremely wealthy clientele; and a population of plateros who benefited from the sophisticated European, indigenous, Moorish, and African metalsmithing traditions that converged in viceregal Peru--produced a climate in which the silversmith's art was developed to a degree unequaled in human history. Also notes the scarcity of surviving objects.
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DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00312223

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