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Portrait of Dolores Hollos  -  Hermenegildo Bustos 1864

The image is the work "Bodegón con frutas (con alacrán y rana)" (Still Life with Fruit, Scorpion and Frog) by the Mexican painter Hermenegildo Bustos.

Artist:

Hermenegildo Bustos (1832 - 1907), a self-taught Mexican painter known for his portraits, religious paintings and still lifes.

Date of creation:

1874.

Content:

The painting depicts a variety of agricultural products, including fruits and vegetables in different stages of ripeness, as well as a scorpion and a frog.

Context:

The products depicted are believed to be those with which Bustos had contact in the state of Guanajuato, where he lived.

Current location:

Marta Pan, Double Porte, 2006,

steel, 230 x 50 x 22 cm, 90.5 x 19.6 x 8.6 in., Courtesy Galerie Mitterrand,