Plata mexicana en Villarrasa: la donación del indiano Pedro Jiménez Delgado (1675)
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Son muchos los casos, repartidos por
toda la geografía peninsular, de donaciones de
indianos enriquecidos en América que ofrecen
a las vírgenes y santos de sus lugares de origen,
por devoción y por añoranza de su tierra desde
lugares tan lejanos. El caso que nos ocupa es
el referido al indiano onubense Pedro Jiménez
Delgado, natural de Villarrasa, que encargó en
México y donó en 1675 a dos hermandades
religiosas de su municipio un conjunto de piezas
y objetos de culto, todo de plata: una custodia, un
frontal de altar, un cáliz con patena, una bandeja,
salvilla, vinajeras, blandones y otros enseres.
La platería indiana existente en la provincia
de Huelva permite realizar estudios, como el
aquí presentado, que en nuestro caso conjuga
diversos factores: un acercamiento a la platería
mexicana, una profundización a la figura poco
conocida del donante como benefactor de arte
religioso, la descripción detallada de la platería
donada, los rasgos de las entidades beneficiarias
y una visión del estado actual de estos objetos
artísticos
There are many cases throughout the peninsular geography of donations from enriched indianos in America who make to the virgins and saints of their origin´s places out of devotion and longing for their land from so far away. The case that concerns us is the one referring to the indiano from Huelva Pedro Jiménez Delgado, a native of Villarrasa, who commissioned in Mexico and donated in 1675 to two religious’ groups in his town a set of pieces and objects of worship, all made of silver: a monstrance, an altar frontal, a chalice with a paten, a tray, a salvilla, cruets, braziers and other belongings. The existing indiana silversmith´s in Huelva allows for studies, such as the one presented here, which in our case combines various factors: an approach to Mexican silversmith´s, a deepening of the almost unknown figure of the donor as a benefactor of religious art, the description detailed information on the donated silversmith´s, the characteristics of the beneficiary entities and a vision of the current state of artistic objects
There are many cases throughout the peninsular geography of donations from enriched indianos in America who make to the virgins and saints of their origin´s places out of devotion and longing for their land from so far away. The case that concerns us is the one referring to the indiano from Huelva Pedro Jiménez Delgado, a native of Villarrasa, who commissioned in Mexico and donated in 1675 to two religious’ groups in his town a set of pieces and objects of worship, all made of silver: a monstrance, an altar frontal, a chalice with a paten, a tray, a salvilla, cruets, braziers and other belongings. The existing indiana silversmith´s in Huelva allows for studies, such as the one presented here, which in our case combines various factors: an approach to Mexican silversmith´s, a deepening of the almost unknown figure of the donor as a benefactor of religious art, the description detailed information on the donated silversmith´s, the characteristics of the beneficiary entities and a vision of the current state of artistic objects







