Clerigo desconocido (Unknown Cleric)

Ramon Atiles-Perez, Clerigo desconocido (Unknown Cleric), 1843, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1997.79.3
Ramon Atiles-Perez, Clerigo desconocido (Unknown Cleric), 1843, 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
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Artwork Details

Title
Clerigo desconocido (Unknown Cleric)
Artist
Date
1843
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
3 5⁄8 x 2 7⁄8 in. (9.2 x 7.3 cm)
Credit Line
Teodoro Vidal Collection
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — other — key
  • Object — written matter — book
  • Object — furniture — chair
  • Portrait male — unidentified — waist length
  • Occupation — religion — clergy
  • Dress — accessory — jewelry
Object Number
1997.79.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1997.79.3

Artwork Description

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.

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Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, The Top of Mount Sinai with the Chapel of Elijah, after 1844, oil on linen, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1991.2
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Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, Head of an Arab Girl, n.d., oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler, 1992.66.2
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