Artist
Josephus Arias Huerta
Mexican
Josephus Arias Huerta is a Mexican artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Josephus Arias Huerta liked to linger in the palace corridors, sketchbook in hand, watching Mexico’s first empress glide past in a silk shawl the color of boiled egg yolk. What sticks is how he caught her looking sideways at the camera, as if she’s just remembered she left the stove on. Hunt down the 1822 oil in Chapultepec Castle; it’s the one where the gold trim on her dress catches the light like a slow wink.
Works by Josephus Arias Huerta
Collections represented
Museum
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