Portrait of Doña María Josefa Romero de Terreros y Gómez de Parada

Artist:Édouard Pingret

Medium: Oil on canvas

Geograhical Locations:

• Mexico

Dates:ca. 1865

Dimensions: Oval: 22 x 18 1/4 in. (55.9 x 46.4 cm)

Collections:

• European Art

Exhibitions:

• Realm of Marvels: Building Collections for the Future
• Converging Cultures: Art & Identity in Spanish America

Accession Number: 52.166.16

Image: 52.166.16_bw.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
This oval equestrian portrait in oils by an unknown artist shows her on a horse facing to the left. She holds the reins in her left hand and a crop in her right hand. She sits side saddle and wears a black riding habit with a white collar, background is a landscape. Condition: Badly cracked especially the left side near the horse's head, tail, feet, and in the sky on the right side.

Brooklyn Museum