Biombo with Views of Mexico City

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CultureSpanish Colonial

Titles

Biombo with Views of Mexico City

Date18th century

Place depictedMexico City, Mexico, North America

MediumTwelve-panel folding screen; oil on red maki-e lacquer on panel, with gilt wood mounts and linen backing

DimensionsOverall: 67 × 301 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (170.2 × 765.8 × 2.9 cm)
Each Screen: 67 × 150 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (170.2 × 382.9 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund

Object number2021.537.A,.B

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

211 Hamill Gallery

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceRoberto Mergelina, first half of the 18th century, Cadiz, Spain; Eduarda Gil de Ledesma, mid-18th century, Cadiz, Spain; The Counts of Bustillo by direct descent, Seville, Spain; Rodrigo Rivero Lake, Mexico City; Jaime Eguiguren Art & Antiques, Uruguay; [Colnaghi UK Ltd, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition History"Discovering Viceregal Latin American Treasures," Colnaghi Gallery, New York, July 2–September 10, 2021

"Return Voyage: The China Galleon and the Baroque in Mexico 1565-1815," Museo Internacional del Barroco, Puebla, Mexico, February 5-July 31, 2016
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

The initials "AR" are found on the sacks being carried by mules on screen II, which may be the initials of the author. (See image 1).

“114” “X(?)A” in black paint (partially covered by a wooden cross member), center, left, and right edger on the second panel from the left (Left screen set).

“8” in faint black paint upper left quadrant on the third panel from left. (Left screen set).

“627” (?) in black paint on the fourth panel from the left. (Left screen set).

8” lower right quadrant. Sixth panel from left. (Left screen set).

Both sets have numbers (from 1 – 12 in black paint or two different types of tape (beige masking tape and blue painters tape) at the top of each screen.

None noted

Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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