The equestrian portrait of Bernardo de Gálvez, Viceroy of New Spain, painted by Fray Pablo de Jesús y Jerónimo in 1796 CE. Now housed at the National Museum of History in Mexico City [1812×1893]
The equestrian portrait of Bernardo de Gálvez, Viceroy of New Spain, painted by Fray Pablo de Jesús y Jerónimo in 1796 CE. Now housed at the National Museum of History in Mexico City [1812×1893]
Don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this before!
TheWaywardTrout on
I adore this
ogetarts on
That looks easily a century ahead of its time.
banfilenio on
I could easily mistake it for a piece of modern art. It is incredible to think that was painted in the XVIIIth century!
FamousOhioAppleHorn on
“I’m on a horse (Old Spice music).”
DriverRemarkable4374 on
I genuinely can’t believe I haven’t seen this before. It feels like something that would have entered the internet zeitgeist if reddit found it back in like 2016, kind of like Joseph Ducreux
_the_fisher_king_ on
Is this mother of pearl? Artwork made with the material in a not too dissimilar style has a long history in Latin America
Wonderful_Grab2203 on
According to the notes given by the museum, this portrait was in fact made by two friars. Fray Jerónimo painted the face and ground with oil an Fray Pablo did the calligraphic drawing.
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This goes unbelievably hard
Don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this before!
I adore this
That looks easily a century ahead of its time.
I could easily mistake it for a piece of modern art. It is incredible to think that was painted in the XVIIIth century!
“I’m on a horse (Old Spice music).”
I genuinely can’t believe I haven’t seen this before. It feels like something that would have entered the internet zeitgeist if reddit found it back in like 2016, kind of like Joseph Ducreux
Is this mother of pearl? Artwork made with the material in a not too dissimilar style has a long history in Latin America
According to the notes given by the museum, this portrait was in fact made by two friars. Fray Jerónimo painted the face and ground with oil an Fray Pablo did the calligraphic drawing.