The use of graphic sources in Hispanic America. The biombo of the Navarre Museum

Abstract

Unlike what happens mostly in Spanish-American painting, which is essentially religious, domestic furniture is often decorated with very varied scenes, that go from humanistic, emblematic to mythological themes. This article analyzes the use made by Spanish-American painters of European graphic sources for the decorations of the furniture of the elites, focusing especially on the models used in the biombo owned by the Museum of Navarre.