SPANISH COLONIAL SCHOOL
Late 18th Century
Portrait of Spanish captain Don Juan de Dios Parreno Y Pardo, seated a table covered with maps and nautical instruments and with a ship visible over his shoulder. UV light reveals one , possibly two, heraldic coats of arms at top right (and left). Unsigned. Old auction catalog description affixed verso.
Oil on canvas, 28î x 21.5î. Framed 35.5î x 28.5î.
Provenance:
Archduke Ludwig Viktor Joseph Anton of Austria (1842-1919), youngest brother of Emperor Franz Josef I.
Coleccion Rafael Garcia, Madrid.
Hearst Collection.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Hearst Corporation Sale, May 17, 1963, Lot #95.
Mrs. S.D. Preston.
Doyle New York auction.
Clyde Talmadge Gatlin (1930-2019) Estate, Southbury, Connecticut.
Schwenke Auctioneers.

Notes:
In 1566, two decades before Sir Walter Raleigh, Spanish explorer Juan Pardo led a 125-man expedition from coastal South Carolina into North Carolina's Piedmont, meeting natives, building forts and leaving garrisons to man them. On his second expedition in 1567, he and his men reached as far as eastern Tennessee, thinking the Appalachians continued into central Mexico, where the Spanish had silver mines. Spanish presence in the Carolinas lasted 18 months, and the forts built under Juan Pardo were the first European forts in the interior of what is now the United States. In 1569, he departed Florida and returned to Spain.

Relined. Although the painting presents well under natural light, UV light inspection reveals some scattered areas of paint restoration. If the upper corners (where the heraldic shields were painted over) are included, there is approximately 6-8% of the surface area restored. One small paint ship at bottom in center. Craquelure evident. The absence of a condition report does not imply an object is free of defects. All items may have normal signs of age and wear commensurate with their
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