Photo of collection object Portrait of Doña María de los Angeles de Cervantes Ozta y de Velasco
Portrait of Doña María de los Angeles de Cervantes Ozta y de Velasco, ca. 1835. Oil on canvas, 32 1/2 x 24 13/16 in. (82.5 x 63 cm). Museum Collection Fund and Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 52.166.12. No known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Doña María de los Angeles de Cervantes Ozta y de Velasco

ca. 1835

Maker Unknown

European Art

The wealthy Mexican sitter in this nineteenth-century portrait from the Brooklyn Museum collection wears a European-style velvet and lace dress and a gold torzale with a sliding brooch like a Mexican bolo, while she adorns her center-parted hair with flowers. Her appearance anticipates the hybrid sartorial image that Kahlo crafted for herself, drawing from her own European and Mexican heritage.


La acaudalada mujer que posa en este retrato del siglo XIX, de la colección del Brooklyn Museum, lleva un vestido de terciopelo y encaje de estilo europeo y un torzal con un broche corredizo como un bolo mexicano, y adorna con flores su cabello partido al centro. Su apariencia anticipa la híbrida imagen sartorial que Kahlo forjó para sí misma, basándose en su propia herencia europea y mexicana.
Maker/Artist
Maker Unknown
Classification
Painting
Formatted Medium
Oil on canvas
Medium
oil, canvas
Locations
Place made: Mexico
Dimensions
32 1/2 x 24 13/16 in. (82.5 x 63 cm)
Departments
European Art
Accession Number
52.166.12
Credit Line
Museum Collection Fund and Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Rights Statement
No known copyright restrictions
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