«The Only Woman in Spain Devoted to this Task»: The Old Coin Collecting of María Isabe

• Main Author: Margarita VALLEJO GIRVÉS
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Salamanca 2010-06-01
• Series: Cuadernos Dieciochistas
• Online Access: http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1576-7914/article/view/7016

<p>T<span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">his paper studies the role of María </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">I</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">sabel de Bustamante y Guevara, wife of the former </span></span><em><span style="font-family: Garamond,Garamond; color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond,Garamond; color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond,Garamond; color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">Director de Rentas del Tabaco</span></span></span></em><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">, Martín de Loynaz, as a collector of ancient coins. </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">T</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">he relations she maintained with other outstanding antique dealers such as Pedro Leonardo de </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">V</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">illacevallos, </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">E</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">nrique Flórez and José Guevera y </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">V</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">asconcelos are analysed. </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">T</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">he way in which María </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">I</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">sabel de Bustamante became involved in such a matter, as well as the way in which the social position of her prominent husband could have influenced it are also dealt with. </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">W</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">e trace the final desitnation of María </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">I</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">sabel’s collection, which in the end came to be in the hands of the </span></span><em><span style="font-family: Garamond,Garamond; color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond,Garamond; color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Garamond,Garamond; color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">Seminario de Nobles de Madrid</span></span></span></em><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">. </span></span></p>