Collections: European Art: Don Juan Lorenzo Gutiérrez Altamirano de Velasco y Flores

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Don Juan Lorenzo Gutiérrez Altamirano de Velasco y Flores

• Artist: Mariano Guerrero, Mexican, active late 18th century
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Place Made: 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.
• Collections: European Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Elevator Lobby, 3rd Floor
• Accession Number: 52.166.2
• Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund and the Dick S. Ramsay Fund
• Image: Overall, 52.166.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Mariano Guerrero (Mexican, active late 18th century). Don Juan Lorenzo Gutiérrez Altamirano de Velasco y Flores, ca. 1790. Oil on canvas, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund and the Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 52.166.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 52.166.2.jpg)