José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (New Spain, or Present-Day Mexico, 1750-1802), A Portrait of Captain Samuel Lewis (1764-1820)
New Orleans, Louisiana, Dated, "1801"
canvas inscribed verso, "Captain Samuel Lewis/ Born December 1764/ Died October 17, 1820/ Father of Charles S. Lewis/ Painted by Salazar/ New Orleans. 1801.", upper stretcher with old label inscribed with same information, lower stretcher inscribed, "Portrait of Cap. Lewis/ Painted by Salazar/ New Orleans 1801", oil on canvas, framed.
29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (sight), 38 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches (frame).
30 in x 25 in
Property from a Prominent Talbot County, Maryland Family
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance:
The Suppes Family (possibly related through marriage to the Lewis family),
Mrs. Davis Carlyle Burroughs (née Suppes),
Mrs. Nancy S. Burroughs,
Thence by descent to the present consignor.
Note:
Born in Mérida, Mexico, José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza studied at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City and moved to New Orleans in 1782, with his wife, Maria Antonia Magaña, where he became known as the premiere portrait painter during the Spanish occupation of the city.
