JUAN JOSÉ ROSALES (Guatemala City, ca. 1751–1816)
Portrait of Doña María Josefa Romana y Manrique, 1791
Oil on canvas
198 x 149 cm
Provenance
Private collection, US.
On this occasion, we see a depiction of Doña María Josefa Romana y Manrique, a Criollo lady born in Guatemala City on 26 January 1769, and who married Don Juan Payés y Font in the same city in October 1787, said husband featuring in the painting hanging on the right-hand wall of the room, with an oval frame and Baroque decoration.
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