European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Portrait of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz After a self-portrait Made in Mexico, North and Central America18th century attributed to Nicolás Enríquez de Vargas, Mexican, active c. 1722 - died after 1787 Oil on canvas Currently not on view 1903-918 The Dr. Robert H. Lamborn Collection, 1903 |
LabelThis eighteenth-century portrait of the Abbess Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695) is, despite its condition, among the most significant works in the Museum's Robert H. Lamborn Collection because of the renown of Sister Juana as one of the most important early poets of the Americas. The inscription identifies the image as a "faithful" copy after a portrait "that she herself made and painted with her own hand." |
