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Gobernador Miguel Antonio de Ustariz, (painting). Artist:  Campeche, Jose, 1751-1809, painter. Title:  Gobernador Miguel Antonio de Ustariz, (painting). Other Titles:  Governor Miguel Antonio de Ustariz, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1792. Medium:  Oil on wood panel. Dimensions:  24 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (62 x 43 cm.). Description:  "...the painter has represented the Governor, who wears the uniform of Brigadier of Engineers, standing in the middle of an ample room with the usual curtain and Rococo props. At his side upon a carved and gilded table a number of plans of San Juan are observable. Don Miguel, however, wished that allusion should be made in his portrait to one of the most important events in his term in office, namely the paving of the streets of San Juan. ...Campeche introduced a wide doorway or open window without a balcony, through which the work of paving the street outside is plainly visible." Subject:  Portrait male -- Ustariz, Miguel Antonio de -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Governor Ethnic -- Spanish Architecture interior -- Civic -- Fortaleza de Santa Catalina Landscape -- Puerto Rico -- San Juan Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, San Juan, Puerto Rico Remarks:  "In Campeche's day, San Juan was primarily a garrison city. It was limited exclusively to the islet or what today is known as Old San Juan. It consisted of a right-angle grid of six streets running from east to west and seven from north to south. The western tip was occupied by the castle of San Felipe del Morro." References:  Barrenechea, Francisco J., et al., "Campeche, Oller, Rodon: Tres Siglos de Pintura Puertorriquena/Three Centuries of Puerto Rican Painting," San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1992. "Jose Campeche, 1751-1809," San Juan de Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1971. Illustration:  Barrenechea, Francisco J., et al., "Campeche, Oller, Rodon: Tres Siglos de Pintura Puertorriquena," San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1992, pg. 36 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 88480010   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 88480010 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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