Galatea (Anfitrite Taken Before Poseidon by the Dolphins)
1783, Active Dates: 1778-1809
Artist
- José María de la Bastida, Mexican
- Born: Mexico
- Active Years: 1778-1809
Country
Mexico
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on copper
Accession Number
2013.387
Credit Line
Gift of the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer
José María de la Bastida, Galatea (Anfitrite Taken Before Poseidon by the Dolphins), 1783. Oil paint on copper; 9 × 14¼ in. Gift of the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer, 2013.387.
Dimensions
image height: 9 in, 22.8600 cm; image width: 14.25 in, 36.1950 cm; frame height: 14 in, 35.5600 cm; frame width: 19.25 in, 48.8950 cm; frame depth: 1.5 in, 3.8100 cm
Inscription
"Jose Marie de la Bastida / Fecit en Mexico a, 1783" in LRC on front
Department
Mayer Center, Latin American Art
Collection
Latin American Art
Known Provenance
Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.
Exhibition History
- Exhibited 2005, "Patronato, Painting from Baroque Mexico: Selected Works from the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- "Collecting a New World: Spanish Colonial Art from the Jan and Frederick R. Mayer Collection," Apr 2-May 14, 2005, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy
- "Heaven and Earth: The Jan and Frederick Mayer Collection of Spanish Colonial Art from the Denver Art Museum, Jun 16-Oct 8, 2006, Museo de las Americas, Denver
- "From Viceregal to Verancular: Painting in Colonial Mexico and New Mexico," Nov 17, 2006-Apr 29, 2007, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Santa Fe
- Exhibited "Cuerpo y Alma: Concept, Form, and Reception in Ibero-American Colonial Visual Cultures," January 23 - August 5, 2007, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM.