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Clerigo desconocido (Unknown Cleric)
1843
Ramon Atiles-Perez
Born: Ponce, Puerto Rico 1804
Died: Ponce, Puerto Rico 1875
watercolor on ivory
3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. (9.2 x 7.3 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Teodoro Vidal Collection
1997.79.3
Smithsonian American Art Museum
3rd Floor, Luce Foundation Center
According to the inscription on this miniature, this cleric was painted when he was forty-two years old. The gold key and medal around his neck may hold clues to his identity. The medal is the Cruz de Caballero de la Orden Americana de Isabel la Catolica (Cross of a Knight of the American Order of Isabel the Catholic), awarded for distinguished service to the Spanish Crown.
For more information about this work visit the Luce Foundation Center.
Keywords
Dress - accessory - jewelry
Ethnic - Hispanic
Object - furniture - chair
Object - other - key
Object - written matter - book
Occupation - religion - clergy
Portrait male - unidentified - waist length
painting - miniature
paint - watercolor
ivory
About Ramon Atiles-Perez
Born: Ponce, Puerto Rico 1804 Died: Ponce, Puerto Rico 1875
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