Procession of Flagellants in Spain - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original 1715 engraving with a procession of flagellants in Spain: the penitents scourge themselves in the square, before a great Gothic church, while the canopy, the clergy and the confraternities file past with their banners and the townspeople kneel in the foreground. Lettered below with the original title «Procession des Disciplinans».
Original 1715 engraving with a procession of flagellants in Spain: the penitents scourge themselves in the square, before a great Gothic church, while the canopy, the clergy and the confraternities file past with their banners and the townspeople kneel in the foreground. Lettered below with the original title «Procession des Disciplinans».
It comes from volume VI of Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Pieter van der Aa, Leiden, 1715, a work attributed to Juan Álvarez de Colmenar. The costume subjects of this series are among the most valued of the set for their documentary interest on Spanish popular religion under the Ancien Régime.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Engraver: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733), publisher of the work.
Date: 1715.
Source: Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, volume VI, Leiden, 1715.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.0 x 6.3 in (12.6 x 16 cm); sheet 6.3 x 7.1 in (16 x 18.1 cm).
Condition: Good condition; a light central fold from the binding and slight toning of the paper.
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Original 1715 engraving with a procession of flagellants in Spain: the penitents scourge themselves in the square, before a great Gothic church, while the canopy, the clergy and the confraternities file past with their banners and the townspeople kneel in the foreground. Lettered below with the original title «Procession des Disciplinans».