The Three Cultures Screen. From New Spain to the Second Empire

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  • Silvia Pinna Museo Histórico del Castillo de Miramar, Trieste.

Keywords:

Folding screen, Maximilian of Hapsburg, Mexico, Museum collection, Viceroyalty

Abstract

In the colonial Mexico, the folding screens were considered luxury objects and a place of experimentation for secular painting: between the XVII and XVIII century began the production of a series of screens dedicated to the representation of the Conquest of Tenochtitlan. The article explores the history of a folding screen of the Conquest of the early eighteenth century that become property of Maximilian of Habsburg, emperor of Mexico from 1863 to 1867, and is now located in the collection of Historical Museum of Miramare Castle, Trieste, Italy.

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Author Biography

Silvia Pinna, Museo Histórico del Castillo de Miramar, Trieste.

Doctora en Historia del Arte por la Universidad de Udine, Italia (2013). Sus investigaciones se han centrado sobre el arte de América Latina y sus intercambios con Europa desde el siglo xvii hasta el siglo xx. La colaboración con el Museo Histórico del Castillo de Miramare le dio la ocasión para dedicar parte de su investigación al estudio de la escena artística del Segundo Imperio mexicano y a la producción de biombos del México virreinal. En 2014 ha comisariado la exposición “Miramare e il Messico. Nuovi mondi per Massimiliano”.

Published

2017-12-26

How to Cite

Pinna, Silvia. 2017. “The Three Cultures Screen. From New Spain to the Second Empire”. Quiroga. Revista De Patrimonio Iberoamericano, no. 12 (December):96-110. https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/quiroga/article/view/16274.

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