COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images mediaCollectionId JCB~1~1 JCB Archive of Early American Images Collection true
Record
Accession number:
00-132 accession_no 00-132 Accession number false
Record number:
00-132 record_number 00-132 Record number false
JCB call number:
Bolívar Room jcb_call_no Bolívar Room JCB call number false
Image title:
[Simón Bolívar] image_title [Simón Bolívar] Image title false
Creator 1:
José R. Salas creator1 José R. Salas Creator 1 false
Creator 1 dates:
fl. 1870-1894 creator1_dates fl. 1870-1894 Creator 1 dates false
Place image published:
[Rome] place_image_published [Rome] Place image published false
Image date:
1890 image_date 1890 Image date false
Image function:
painting image_function painting Image function false
Technique:
oil painting technique oil painting Technique false
Image dimension height:
42 cm. image_dimensions_height 42 cm. Image dimension height false
Image dimension width:
32 cm. image_dimensions_width 32 cm. Image dimension width false
Materials medium:
oil materials_medium oil Materials medium false
Materials support:
canvas materials_support canvas Materials support false
Description:
Portrait of Simón Bolívar in military attire. description Portrait of Simón Bolívar in military attire. Description false
notes:
This painting was sold directly to the U.S. minister plenipotentiary in Quito in 1892. The portrait is based on an 1824 print by Kepper. Boulton states that the lithograph was based in part on the copper engraving of M. N. Bate made in London in 1819. The great grandfather of Salas was Antonio Salas, a personal friend of Bolívar and one of the few who painted him from life in 1822, 1824, 1826, and 1829. notes This painting was sold directly to the U.S. minister plenipotentiary in Quito in 1892. The portrait is based on an 1824 print by Kepper. Boulton states that the lithograph was based in part on the copper engraving of M. N. Bate made in London in 1819. The great grandfather of Salas was Antonio Salas, a personal friend of Bolívar and one of the few who painted him from life in 1822, 1824, 1826, and 1829. notes false
References:
Boulton, A. Le Rostro de Bolívar, p. 97, item 57, 98; Arocha, M. Iconografía Ecuatoreana del Libertador, p. 87-126; www.bolivar.ula.ve/cgi-win/be_alex.exe?Acceso=T011900000379/0&Nombrebd=BOLIVAR (Jan. 2004) references_ Boulton, A. Le Rostro de Bolívar, p. 97, item 57, 98; Arocha, M. Iconografía Ecuatoreana del Libertador, p. 87-126; www.bolivar.ula.ve/cgi-win/be_alex.exe?Acceso=T011900000379/0&Nombrebd=BOLIVAR (Jan. 2004) References false
References exhibitions:
John Carter Brown Library, Portraits of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, no. 13 references_exhibitions John Carter Brown Library, Portraits of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, no. 13 References exhibitions false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 2000. Gift of Maury A. Bromsen. provenance_or_donor Acquired in 2000. Gift of Maury A. Bromsen. Provenance/Donor false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 owner_and_copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 Owner and copyright false
geographic area:
Spanish America geographic_areas Spanish America geographic area false
Subject Area:
Portraits subject_groups Portraits Subject Area false
Subject headings:
Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830--Portraits subject_heads Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830--Portraits Subject headings false

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