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Doctor Don Juan Alejo de Arizmendi de la Torre, (painting). Artist:  Campeche, Jose, 1751-1809, painter. Title:  Doctor Don Juan Alejo de Arizmendi de la Torre, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1803. Medium:  Oil on wood panel. Dimensions:  15 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (39.3 x 27 cm.). Inscription:  (Lower right:) J. C. pt. signed Description:  Portrait of the first Puerto Rican-born bishop, standing in a Rococo style room with elaborate furniture. Bishop Arizmendi de la Torre wears ecclesiastical robes including a biretta on his head. He holds an unfinished basket in his proper right hand which he is in the process of weaving. He holds the end of the material in his proper left hand. There are two finished baskets on the tiled floor. This is an allusion to St. Julian, Bishop of Cuenca, who used to support himself by weaving baskets after donating his bishop's salary to the poor. The painting also has a reference to the bishop's own baptism. Subject:  Portrait male -- Arizmendi de la Torre, Juan Alejandro -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Bishop Dress -- Ecclesiastical Object -- Furniture -- Table Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object -- Other -- Container Object Type:  Painting Owner:  S. I. Catedral Metropolitana de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico Remarks:  See exhibition catalog for exhibition history and additional bibliographic citations. References:  "Jose Campeche, 1751-1809," San Juan de Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1971. Illustration:  "Jose Campeche, 1751-1809," San Juan de Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1971, pg. 45. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 88490005   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 88490005 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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