Portrait of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz
After a self-portrait
attributed to Nicolás Enríquez de Vargas, Mexican, active c. 1722 - died after 1787
Geography:
Made in Mexico, North and Central America
Date:
18th centuryMedium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
41 1/2 x 32 1/2inches (105.4 x 82.6cm) Framed: 48 3/4 x 38 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (123.8 x 98.4 x 7.9 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting before 1900, Johnson CollectionObject Location:
1903-918Credit Line:
The Dr. Robert H. Lamborn Collection, 1903
Made in Mexico, North and Central America
Date:
18th centuryMedium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
41 1/2 x 32 1/2inches (105.4 x 82.6cm) Framed: 48 3/4 x 38 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (123.8 x 98.4 x 7.9 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting before 1900, Johnson CollectionObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1903-918Credit Line:
The Dr. Robert H. Lamborn Collection, 1903
This eighteenth-century portrait of the Abbess Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695) is, despite its condition, among the most significant works in the Museum's Robert H. Lamborn Collection because of the renown of Sister Juana as one of the most important early poets of the Americas. The inscription identifies the image as a "faithful" copy after a portrait "that she herself made and painted with her own hand."
