Don Melchor de Sequera
José de Alcíbar
(1725–1803)
1793
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions81.6 x 61.7 cm (32 1/4 x 24 1/4 in)
Credit LineCharles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund
Accession number2015.2219
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Provenance1793, probably the sitter, Don Melchor de Sequera, Mexico and Spain. With Hijos J. Cano (gallery), Madrid [see note]. Don Francisco de Urquijo y de Federico [see note]; by descent to his son, Don Juan Manuel de Urquijo y de Morales (b. 1937 – d. 2002) and his wife, Doña Maria Cristina de Baviera y Mesia (b. 1935 – d. 2013); April 30, 2015, consigned by the family of Maria Cristina de Baviera (“the descendents of HRH Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Infante of Spain”) to Christie’s, South Kensington, lot 67, sold to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2015)
NOTE: According to labels on the painting’s verso.
NOTE: According to labels on the painting’s verso.
