Coat of arms of the Gómez de Cervantes y Altamirano de Velasco Family
Oil on canvas, 94.3 x 73 cm, anonymous, c. 1802
Brooklyn Museum

Commissioned by Don Ygnacio Leonel Gomez de Cervantes to commemorate his marriage to Dona Ana Maria Altamirano Velasco, this painting features the Cervantes quartering prominently at its centre, as per his request. The additional quarterings surrounding it symbolise the merging of the two families.


  








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