Intaglio engraving made in Lima. The architectural design of Antonio Bejarano Loayza was directed by Dr. Pedro Bravo de Rivero at the request of Viceroy Joseph Manso de Velasco.
The print was part of the book ""Funeral pomp at the funeral of the Catholic King of Spain, and of the Indies Don Fernando VI... which he ordered to be done in this Metropolitan Church of Lima on July 29, 1760..."".
Following Estabridis (2002), the engraving has a baroque structure with swaying pillars; Rockery elements can be seen throughout the monument. It is located on a stepped platform, a three-section building, with Doric columns, and enormous pyramids topped by a tower and a lion. The second, third body and the dome are surrounded by a railing with candelabras. In the first body, in the center on a pedestal, there is a royal tomb crowned by a shield. The second body has undulating walls with a shield in the upper central part. In the third body, a temple with another type of shield in the upper central part, above it a dome topped in ascending form by the shield of Lima, the two worlds and a large royal crown.
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