Doña Josefa de la Cotera y Calvo de la Puerta, Marquesa of Rivas Cacho
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Object Label
To explain and legitimize their place within the imperial system, the Spanish American elite displayed titles and coats of arms in portraits as proud markers of rank. Here, Mexico City’s Creole (a term used to denote native-born colonials of European, especially Spanish, descent) marquesa of Rivas Cacho, adorned with diamond and pearl earrings, appears beside her family’s coat of arms.
Caption
Mexican. Doña Josefa de la Cotera y Calvo de la Puerta, Marquesa of Rivas Cacho, 1816. Oil on canvas, 33 x 25 1/2 in. (83.8 x 64.8 cm) frame: 38 x 31 x 2 in. (96.5 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund and Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 52.166.5. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Doña Josefa de la Cotera y Calvo de la Puerta, Marquesa of Rivas Cacho
Date
1816
Geography
Place made: Mexico
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
33 x 25 1/2 in. (83.8 x 64.8 cm) frame: 38 x 31 x 2 in. (96.5 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm)
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower left: "La Sra. Da. Josepha de la Cotera/y Calvo de la Puerta, Marquesa/de Rivasacho./Año de 1816."
Credit Line
Museum Collection Fund and Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Accession Number
52.166.5
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