American Portraits

   September 6, 2021 - July 29, 2022
   Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Santiago Mataincas or Santiago Mataindios, 17th-18th century, oil on canvas. Photo by Patricio Pueyrredón.

Artists Included:
Art of the Spanish Americas

On loan to the Art Institute of Chicago are two historic American paintings dating from the 1600s to the early-1800s, including a painting by an unidentified artist created in the 17th or 18th century of Santiago Mataincas (or Santiago Mataindios) and a portrait by an unidentified artist created c. 1820-1830 of an unknown woman and her son.

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