Rodrigo de Velasco mocked a sculpted and painted image of the crucifix which was in the prison
Year mention: 1570
Subject:
Crucifix
Conflict:
Derision/Blasphemy
Iconoclasm/Critic to image cult
Criticism:

Disbelief in the image of the crucifix

Agent:
Inquisition

A companion he had in the secret prisons testified against Rodrigo de Velasco, saying that he was mocking and making fun of a crucifix that was painted in the prison, saying that “this was falsehood and deceit, that if he were a carpenter he would not make those idols because the unbelievers would not believe”.

The Portuguese Rodrigo de Velasco was charged because “un compañero que tenia en las carceles secretas depuso contra el que mofava y burlava de un crucifixo que estava pintado en la carcel diciendo que aquello era falsedad y engaño, que si el fuera carpintero no hiziera aquellos ydolos porque los descreyentes no creyeran”

Date mention
1570

Historical Location

Aragon


Iconclass Number
11Q71432

Source
AHN, Inquisicion, libro 988. Relaciones de causa de fe desde el año de 1540 hasta el de 1581
Literature

Borja Franco Llopis, Noticias sobre arte y devoción del Quinientos aragonés a través de la documentación inquisitorial, Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar, 107, 2011, pp. 77-92

Permanent Link
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