Smithsonian American Art Museum
Clerigo desconocido (Unknown Cleric)
Ramon Atiles-Perez, born Ponce, Puerto Rico 1804-died Ponce, Puerto Rico 1875 · 1843
According to the inscription on this miniature, this cleric was painted when he was forty-two years old. The gold key and medal around his neck may hold clues to his identity. The medal is the Cruz de Caballero de la Orden Americana de Isabel la Catolica (Cross of a Knight of the American Order of Isabel the Catholic), awarded for distinguished service to the Spanish Crown.
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