The Palace of Cortés

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Artist Thomas Moran(American, born England, 1837–1926)American, born England, 1837–1926

CultureAmerican

Titles

The Palace of Cortés

Date1903

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 20 1/16 × 30 1/8 in. (51 × 76.5 cm)
Frame: 33 3/4 × 43 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (85.7 × 111.4 × 9.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Duncan W. Corbett

Object number2026.324

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Department

American Art

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PAINTING

ProvenanceThe artist, until after 1904. Margaret B. Nichols (d. before c. 2010); Estate of the above; [Christie's, New York, Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, December 1, 2010, lot 130]; [Roughton Galleries, Dallas, and Zaplin Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2015]; Private collection, Florida, acquired from the above in 2016; [Heritage Auctions, Dallas, American Art Signature Auction, May 19, 2026. Lot 67012]; Purchased at the above sale by Duncan W. Corbett, Houston; Gifted to MFAH, 2026.
Exhibition HistorySeventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition. National Academy of Design, New York, January 2 – 30, 1904. No. 269 [Exhibited as Cortez Palace at Cuernavaca, Mexico].
Published References American Art. Dallas: Heritage Auctions & Galleries, Inc., 2026. No. 67012 (color illus.), pgs. 28-29, [135] (detail, color illus.). Anderson, Nancy K. Thomas Moran. Washington, DC and New Haven: Yale University Press for the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997. Pg. 268. Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. New York: Christie’s, 2010. No. 130 (illus.). National Academy of Design, Illustrated Catalogue: Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition. New York: National Academy of Design and the Knickerbocker Press, 1904. No. 269 (bw illus.). Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated lower right: TMoran. 1903.

Catalogue raisonnéThe work will be included in Phyllis Braff's, Stephen Good's and Melissa Webster's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Thomas Moran's oil paintings.

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