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Caballero con lentes de la familia Canals
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The gentleman in this miniature wears deep-blue lenses, suggesting that he was either light sensitive or entirely blind. The skill with which the portrait was painted suggests the artist trained in Europe, then traveled to paint in the Caribbean communities.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCaballero con lentes de la familia Canals. ca. 1840-1855. Unidentified (Puerto Rican). Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection. CC0.
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