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Folding Screen with the Siege of Belgrade (front) and Hunting Scene (reverse)

Circle of González Family

European Art

This biombo enconchado is the only known work to combine the two elite Mexican genres of biombos (folding screens) and tableros de concha nácar y pintura (shell-inlay paintings later known as enconchados). Commissioned in Mexico City by the viceroy of New Spain, it was most likely displayed in Mexico’s viceregal palace, where it would have divided a ceremonial state room from a more intimate sitting room. The work originally included six additional panels, which are now in Mexico.
MEDIUM Oil on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl
DATES ca.1697-1701
DIMENSIONS 90 1/2 x 108 5/8 in., 183.5 lb. (229.9 x 275.8 cm, 83.24kg) each panel: 90 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (229.9 x 46 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2012.21
CREDIT LINE Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, by exchange
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Circle of González Family (Mexican). Folding Screen with the Siege of Belgrade (front) and Hunting Scene (reverse), ca.1697-1701. Oil on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, 90 1/2 x 108 5/8 in., 183.5 lb. (229.9 x 275.8 cm, 83.24kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, by exchange, 2012.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.21_side2_PS6.jpg)
IMAGE side, 2012.21_side2_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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