Clerigo desconocido (Unknown Cleric)
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection
Accession Number
1997.79.3
Tags
jewelrychairkeybookclergywaist length
About this artwork
According to the inscription on this miniature, this cleric was painted when he was forty-two years old. The gold key and medal around his neck may hold clues to his identity. The medal is the Cruz de Caballero de la Orden Americana de Isabel la Catolica (Cross of a Knight of the American Order of Isabel the Catholic), awarded for distinguished service to the Spanish Crown.