La Casa del Marqués de San Jorge, Santafé de Bogotá
By: colección de arte y objetos coloniales.
Contributors: Banco Popular (Colombia). Fondo para la Promoción de la Cultura.; Museo Arqueológico (Bogotá, Colombia)
Publisher: Fondo de Promoción de la Cultura
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Santafé de Bogotá [Colombia]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Museo Arqueológico (Bogotá, Colombia) -- Exhibitions.; Art, Colonial -- Colombia -- Exhibitions.; Art, Colombian -- Exhibitions.; Art -- Colombia -- Bogotá -- Exhibitions.
Description: "Handsome small publication celebrates the 1993 opening of the exhibition of Spanish colonial art from the Banco Popular collection in the Casa del Marqués de San Jorge in Bogota. An excellent example of 17th-century domestic architecture since its restoration in 1972, the house served as an archeological museum and headquarters of the Fondo de Promoción de la Cultura. The new installation of colonial art in the Salón San Jorge helps restore the original cultural background of the residence. A short biography of the most notable owner, don Jorge Lozano de Peralta, Marqués de San Jorge (d. 1793) is followed by a fully illustrated, descriptive catalog of the art collection, including paintings, sculptures, silverwork, liturgical objects, and furniture. Fine quality color and b/w photographs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: In Spanish, with English translation.
Includes bibliographical references.
Artworks owned by the Banco Popular, Colombia, part of the permanent collection of the Museo Arqueológico, housed in its "Salón de San Jorge," located in the Casa del Marqués de San Jorge, Santafé de Bogotá.
Exhibition catalog.