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anonymous: Mass of Saint Gregory  wikidata:Q52196011 reasonator:Q52196011
Artist
Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin  (–1541)  wikidata:Q3457338
 
Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin
Alternative names
Diego Huanitzin
Description Mexican
Nahua noble, governor of San Juan Tenochtitlan
Date of birth/death before 1520
date QS:P,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 Edit this at Wikidata		 1541 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Tenochtitlan Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1520 Edit this at Wikidata–1541 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3457338
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Title
Mass of St. Gregory
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The Mass of St. Gregory. This technique, Mexican feather work, was a specialty of Aztec craftsmen called amanteca. This particular piece is the oldest extant example of Christian art in the Americas. The inscription details that Friar Pedro de Gante and Don Diego Huanitzin, Mexico City’s governor, commissioned the work as a gift to Pope Paul III, whose 1537 papal decree defended the rights of indigenous people.
Date 1539
date QS:P571,+1539-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium feathers on panel
Dimensions height: 68 cm (26.7 in); width: 56 cm (22 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,68U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,56U174728
institution QS:P195,Q3330134
Accession number
986.1.1 (Jacobin Museum, Auch) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Mexico City Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin

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current08:17, 21 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 08:17, 21 May 2006464 × 600 (120 KB)NanahuatzinThe Mass of St. Gregory, feathers on a wood panel 68 x 56 cm, Mexico 1539. Musée de Jacobins, Auch. By Diego Huanutzin, Aztec puppet ruler under the Spanish between 1539-1541. This technique was an speciality of the aztec craftmen called "amanteca" and t

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