Don Juan Lorenzo Gutiérrez Altamirano de Velasco y Flores, Count of Santiago de Calimaya

• Artist: Mariano Guerrero
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Geographical Location: Mexico
• Dates: ca. 1790
• Dimensions: 73 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (186.7 x 97.8 cm) Frame: 83 x 49 1/4 in. (210.8 x 125.1 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower left at bottom of cartouche: "Mariannus Guerrero fecit."
• Inscriptions: Inscribed on cartouche at left: "El Sr. Dn./Juan Lorenzo,/Gutierrez Altam[ir]ano d./Velasco y Flores, Cas[t]illa, Al=/bornós, Lopez Legaspi, Or=/[t]iz de Oraa, Gorraez, Bea=/ mont; y Navarra Luna de/Arellano: Conde de Santi=ago/[C]alimaya, Marqués de Sali=nas/[d]el Rio Pizuerga/Marqués de [S]alvatierra, Señor de las Ca=/[s]as Villas de Verninches, y Azu=/[q]uilla de Romancos, y de Azu=/quequa de Nares, Adelantado/[P]erpetuo de las Yslas Filipinas,/[C]oronel de los Reales Exerci=/os de su Magistad, Catolica,/de las Milicias Provinciales de/[M]éxico; Cavallero Pensionado de/[l]a distinguida Real Orden Espa=[n]ola de Carlos III, y Cavallero/[M]aestrante del Real y Noble Cu=/erpo de la Ciudad de Ronda &c./[M]urió dia nueve de Octubre/del año de mil setecientos no=/venta y tres, à los sesenta/años dos meses de edad." "Requiescat in paze Amen./Gentil Hombre de la real/Camara de su Magestad/con Entrada." Note: bracketed letters are either obscured by subject hand or walking stick or are obscured by the left edge of the canvas or frame.
• Collection: European Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 4H, SCR 02B
• Accession Number: 52.166.2
• Image: 52.166.2_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Don Juan Lorenzo Gutierrez Altamirano Velasco (1733-1793). An oil painting by Mariannus Guerrero with his signature. The shield by his right hand on the left side of the picture gives his titles and dates. Don Juan Lorenzo is the son of Don Juan Xavier and his portrait is 52.166.1. Don Juan Lorenzo is shown full length in a three-quarter pose in the uniform of a colonel of the Spanish Army. The trousers and vest are white, and the coat and hat are blue with gold trimmings. The order of Charles III hangs from his coat and from the coat of arms in the upper right hand side of the picture. The key to the Royal Palace can be seen in his left coat pocket and a sword shows from under the left side of his coat. He holds a staff in his right hand and his left hand is in his vest. Condition: Fairly good though there are cracks exposing the canvas in the upper left hand sides.