AlmonasteryRojas_NewOrleans.JPG
Summary
Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q65560377
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Description |
Español:
Andrés Almonaster y Rojas
English:
Andrés Almonester (sometimes given as "Almonaster") formal painted portrait, New Orleans, 1796. Almonester is shown with his ceremonial walking stick as Regidor of the Cabildo, sword designating rank of Colonel, and insignia of knighthood in the Order of Charles III. His family crest is at lower left; a list of his accomplishments in Spanish Colonial New Orleans is at lower right. The pose conceals his hand disfigured by injury some years before. (
Details about painting via
Vella, Christina (2004)
Intimate Enemies
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Baton Rouge
: LSU Press
ISBN
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978-0807129623
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Depicted people | Andres Almonaster y Rojas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1796
date QS:P571,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil
medium QS:P186,Q296955
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Dimensions | 196.7 cm × 122 cm (77.4 in × 48.0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q640317
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References | Don Andres Almonester y Roxas . Catalog of American Portraits . Retrieved on 2022-05-09 . | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Gontar, Cybèle , ed. (2018) Salazar: Portraits of Influence in Spanish New Orleans, 1785–1802 , New Orleans, Louisiana : University of New Orleans Press ISBN : 9781608011544 . |
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