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Escaparate [Showcase], 18th century
Image Not Available for Escaparate [Showcase], 18th century

Escaparate [Showcase], 18th century

Primary (Venezuela, 1724–1787)
Date18th century
MediumGessoed and painted cedar
DimensionsAdditional Dimension: 77 15/16 × 42 1/2 × 13 9/16 in. (198 × 108 × 34.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, 2016.158
Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object number2016.158
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During the colonial period painters also approached worldly subjects, painting portraits and even decorating everyday objects. Cupboards like this one were a key part of dining room furnishings, varying in materials and decoration to adapt to different homes in the Americas. This example is one of the few extant painted cabinets from colonial Venezuela. It is attributed to Juan Pedro López, the most prolific eighteenth-century painter active in Caracas, a city that at that time was a key trading center of the Spanish Atlantic world.