Portrait of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz

Gallery 100, American Art, first floor (Buck Gallery)

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Portrait of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz

c. 1720-1770

attributed to Nicolás Enríquez de Vargas (Mexican, 1704–c. 1790)

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."

Gallery 100, American Art, first floor (Buck Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

Portrait of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz

Date:

c. 1720-1770

Artist:

attributed to Nicolás Enríquez de Vargas (Mexican, 1704–c. 1790)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

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)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

The Dr. Robert H. Lamborn Collection, 1903

Accession Number:

1903-918

Geography:

Made in Mexico, North and Central America

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