Live Auction 2359Latin American Sale
Anonymous (Mexican 19th Century)
Lot 154 PROPERTY FROM THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORY MUSEUM AT THE ATWATER KENT, WITH PROCEEDS BENEFITING THE COLLECTION FUND AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Anonymous (Mexican 19th Century)

Portrait of Hernán Cortés

Closed18 November 2010

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USD 50,000

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Anonymous (Mexican 19th Century)
Portrait of Hernán Cortés
oil on canvas
77 x 44¼ in. (196 x 112 cm.)

Caleb Jones, 1856, Philadelphia.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Specialist note

This 19th century painting is based on an anonymous 16th century portrait of Hernán Cortés (Hospital de Jesús, Mexico City).