Collection

Doña Josefa de la Cotera y Calvo de la Puerta, Marquesa of Rivas Cacho

Mexican

Brooklyn Museum photograph

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

Not on view

Artist

Mexican

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

Painting

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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Artists and makers

Mexican

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