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Don Jose Mas Ferrer, (painting). Artist:  Campeche, Jose, 1751-1809, painter. Title:  Don Jose Mas Ferrer, (painting). Other Titles:  Jose Mas Ferrer, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1795. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  21 9/16 x 16 3/8 in. (54.7 x 41.6 cm.). Inscription:  (On letter on top of desk:) Al Ylmo. Sor. D. Franco. Cerda Secreto. del Con-/sejo y camara de / Yndias etc. / Madrid. (Paper on floor:) A Dn. Jose Mas Ferrer / Contador Electo de la Prova. / y Ciudad de Popa yan etc. / Puerto Rico. Description:  Full-length portrait of Jose Mas Ferrer, Accountant of the Province and City of Popayan. He stands next to a chinoiserie commode with an inkwell, books, and note on top. He wears a red coat over a dark vest and red pants. He holds a tricorn hat under his proper left arm. His proper right hand is positioned under his vest. Through the window, in the rear wall of the room, a two mast sailing vessel sails in the Bay of San Juan. Subject:  Portrait male -- Mas Ferrer, Jose -- Full length Occupation -- Monetary -- Accountant Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object -- Written Matter -- Letter Architecture interior -- Detail -- Window Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Vidal Santoni, Teodoro, San Juan, Puerto Rico Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Anonymous Collector, London, England Remarks:  Painting seems to have been part of luggage lost during the Battle of Vitoria against the English. Then taken to London and later attributed to Francisco de Goya by Mayer. Painting was returned to Puerto Rico in 1954. 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. 39. 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 88490003   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 88490003 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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