Lienzo (reproduction)

Museum number:
17-379a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21170379a@2dc
Alternate number:
3-582 (attributed PAHMA number, original PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.1107 and Acc.59
Description:
Facsimile painting of a lienzo (pictorial historical painting): the Lienzo of Quauhquechollan; oil on canvas signed "Copeo Genaro Blacio / Puebla Mexico / 1902" near bottom right. With overall measurements of approximately 235 cm (H) x 310 cm (L) and originally hung by nails along top edge, painting was cut vertically into 3 sections. In 1958 each section was then glued entirely down to a 4 x 8 feet piece of masonite.
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Puebla city, Puebla, Mexico
Maker or artist:
Genaro Blacio
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Object type:
ethnography
Production date:
1902
Accession date:
1902 and 1953
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
length 310 centimeters and height 235 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Lienzo (reproduction), accession number 17-379a-c, described as Facsimile painting of a lienzo (pictorial historical painting): the Lienzo of Quauhquechollan; oil on canvas signed "Copeo Genaro Blacio / Puebla Mexico / 1902" near bottom right. With overall measurements of approximately 235 cm (H) x 310 cm (L) and originally hung by nails along top edge, painting was cut vertically into 3 sections. In 1958 each section was then glued entirely down to a 4 x 8 feet piece of masonite.

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