Poder y representación en las fiestas efímeras: la entrada triunfal en potosí del virrey-arzobispo morcillo

This work studies certain iconographic artifacts erected to celebrate the triumphal entry of the recently appointed interim Viceroy, Archbishop Diego de Morcillo y Auñón, to Villa Rica del Cerro de Potosí, on his way to Lima. Such artifacts, the magnificent triumphal arches, masquerades, a play (loa), and even an oil painting, commissioned to Melchor Pérez de Holguín, were designed in advance. Their purpose was to exalt the figure of the Viceroy by embodying emblematic artistic figures. This research proposes the reading of certain aspects of the iconographic program produced around the figure of Morcillo in order to elucidate local features and some characteristics of the creole agency in Potosí, carefully displayed in these emblems.