Don José María Gómez de Cervantes y Altamirano de Velasco, Count of Santiago de Calimaya

Artist:Ignacio Ayala

Medium: Oil on canvas

Geograhical Locations:

• Mexico

Dates:1802

Dimensions: 33 x 25 1/8in. (83.8 x 63.8cm) frame: 38 x 30 x 2 in. (96.5 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm)

Collections:

• European Art

Exhibitions:

• Realm of Marvels: Building Collections for the Future
• American Art
• Converging Cultures: Art & Identity in Spanish America
• Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492–1898

Accession Number: 52.166.7

Image: 52.166.7_SL1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Don Jose Maria Cervantes y Velasco Padilla y Obando (1786-1856). An oil painting sighed by Ygnacio Ayala showing Don Jose Maria at the age of 17 years. He is wearing a green coat embroidered with red. etc. Flowers down the front with a lace jaboe and high stock. He carries his hat under his left arm and his right hand is in his vest. This is a three-quarter view and length with him facing to the left. This Don Jose Maria was one of the signers of the Mexican Act of Independence, and a Brigidier General in the Army of the Republic, and Chancellor of the Mexican Order of Guadalupe. Condition: good

Brooklyn Museum