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)
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
Object number2021.537.A,.B
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
211 Hamill Gallery
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
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.
“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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18th century
Six-panel folding screen; oil on red maki-e lacquer on panel, with gilt wood mounts and linen backing
2021.537.A
18th century
Six-panel folding screen; oil on red maki-e lacquer on panel, with gilt wood mounts and linen backing
2021.537.B
18th century
Wood and lacquer with gold and silver maki-e, gilt bronze, and fur
2006.388.1-.14
Yamamoto Baiitsu
1830s
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and pigment on paper
2021.255.2
Hasegawa School
late 16th–early 17th century
Six-panel folding screen; ink, pigment, silver, and gold leaf on paper
2021.217
Yamamoto Baiitsu
1830s
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and pigment on paper
2021.255.1
Kubota Beisen
c. 1890
One of a pair of eight-panel folding screens; ink, pigment, gold, and gold leaf on paper
2021.218.1
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