Publication: Coleccionismo y patrocinio de arte en el siglo XVII: el ejemplo de la familia Muñoz de Otálora.
Authors
Martínez Martínez, José Antonio
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Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.6018/imafronte.450551
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
En este artículo se pretende ilustrar el auge del coleccionismo y del patrocinio artístico en
el siglo XVII a través del ejemplo concreto que nos proporcionan los inventarios de bienes
inéditos del licenciado Alonso Muñoz de Otálora, alcalde de casa y corte, y de Juana Clara
Muñoz de Otálora, esposa del licenciado Juan Bautista Muñoz Sáenz de Navarrete, fiscal
del consejo de Castilla. El coleccionismo se presenta desde la perspectiva social como una
manifestación inherente a las clases privilegiadas y a los grupos de poder, aunque tampoco
resulte extraño encontrar notables colecciones de pintura y esculturas en los hogares de
los artesanos, comerciantes y oficiales. Interpretamos el coleccionismo como símbolo del
estatus social y económico y como una manifestación del prestigio de los individuos y de las
instituciones, circunstancia que se evidencia claramente en la colección de pintura y en la
biblioteca del licenciado Alonso Muñoz de Otálora. El patrocinio y el mecenazgo artístico se
presentan como una herramienta de las élites de poder al servicio de la perpetuación de la
memoria del linaje, especialmente a través de la asociación de lo sagrado y lo piadoso con los
escudos de armas de la familia.
This article aims to illustrate the rise of collecting and artistic sponsorship in the seventeenth century through the concrete example provided by the inventories of unpublished goods of the lawyer Alonso Muñoz de Otálora, alcalde de casa y corte, and of Juana Clara Muñoz de Otálora, wife of Juan Bautista Muñoz Sáenz de Navarrete. Collecting is presented from the social perspective as an inherent manifestation of the privileged classes and power groups, although it is not strange to find notable collections of paintings and sculptures in the homes of artisans, merchants and officials. We interpret collecting as a symbol of social and economic status and as a manifestation of the prestige of individuals and institutions, a circumstance that is clearly evidenced in the collection of paintings and in the library of Mr. Alonso Muñoz de Otálora. Sponsorship and artistic patronage are presented as a tool of the power elites at the service of the perpetuation of the memory of the lineage, especially through the association of the sacred and the pious with the family’s coats of arms.
This article aims to illustrate the rise of collecting and artistic sponsorship in the seventeenth century through the concrete example provided by the inventories of unpublished goods of the lawyer Alonso Muñoz de Otálora, alcalde de casa y corte, and of Juana Clara Muñoz de Otálora, wife of Juan Bautista Muñoz Sáenz de Navarrete. Collecting is presented from the social perspective as an inherent manifestation of the privileged classes and power groups, although it is not strange to find notable collections of paintings and sculptures in the homes of artisans, merchants and officials. We interpret collecting as a symbol of social and economic status and as a manifestation of the prestige of individuals and institutions, a circumstance that is clearly evidenced in the collection of paintings and in the library of Mr. Alonso Muñoz de Otálora. Sponsorship and artistic patronage are presented as a tool of the power elites at the service of the perpetuation of the memory of the lineage, especially through the association of the sacred and the pious with the family’s coats of arms.
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Imafronte, Nº.28 (2021)
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