Mexican General in the Time of Montezuma, 1508
Mexican General in the Time of Montezuma, 1508
Mexican General in the Time of Montezuma, 1508
Mexican General in the Time of Montezuma, 1508

Currently not on view

Mexican General in the Time of Montezuma, 1508,

ca. 1835

Johann Friedrich Waldeck (Jean-Frédéric Waldeck), 1766–1875; born Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (Czech Republic); died Paris, France
2021-13

Information

Title
Mexican General in the Time of Montezuma, 1508
Dates

ca. 1835

Maker
Johann Friedrich Waldeck (Jean-Frédéric Waldeck)
Medium
Watercolor and graphite
Dimensions
29.7 × 21.7 cm (11 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2021-13
Place Depicted

North America, Mexico

Signatures
Signed on verso of sheet, in pen and ink: J.F. Waldeck Signed on verso of mount, in graphite: J.F. Waldeck
Inscription
Inscribed on original mount by artist, in pen and brown ink, across top: Général Mexicain du temps de Montezuma 1508 Inscribed across bottom: A Monsieur E. Loudon, temoignage de gratitude et d’amitié/ du Comte J. F. Max de Waldeck à l’age de 105 ans Inscribed in pen and ink: Pl.91
Culture
French
Type
drawings, watercolors
Materials
watercolor, graphite
Subject
shields (armor), helmets, generals, figures (representations), men, feather

Sold at auction, Hotel Drouot, Paris, November 8, 2019, lot 1; L’Atelier d’Artistes Gallery (Caroline Markovic), Paris.

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