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April
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“Portrait of Don Joaquín Manuel Fernández de Santa at 4 years old” by Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, 18th century.
This newspanish boy had his portrait made by one of the last generations of great painters in the colonial times. The style is clearly of a official portrait even though the subject is a child, but it also makes clear that the boy is part of an important family: the purse on his hand links him to the Bishop of Puebla and the sword indicates a future military career.

“Portrait of Don Joaquín Manuel Fernández de Santa at 4 years old” by Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, 18th century.

This newspanish boy had his portrait made by one of the last generations of great painters in the colonial times. The style is clearly of a official portrait even though the subject is a child, but it also makes clear that the boy is part of an important family: the purse on his hand links him to the Bishop of Puebla and the sword indicates a future military career.

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Coin purse, New Spain (Mexican), 1790.

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22nd
April
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“Portrait of Gerónimo Antonio Gil” by Rafael Ximeno y Planes, 18th century, National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico.

“Portrait of Gerónimo Antonio Gil” by Rafael Ximeno y Planes, 18th century, National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico.

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