«The Only Woman in Spain Devoted to this Task»: The Old Coin Collecting of María Isabe «La única mujer española dedicada a esta tarea»: el coleccionismo de moneda antigua de María Isabel de Bustamante y Guevara y la administración de la renta del tabaco

• Main Author: Margarita VALLEJO GIRVÉS
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Salamanca 2010-06-01
• Series: Cuadernos Dieciochistas
• Online Access: http://campus.usal.es/~revistas_trabajo/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><br><p align="left"> </p><p>E<span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">ste artículo estudia la personalidad de 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, esposa del </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">D</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">irector de Rentas del </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;">abaco, Martín de Loynaz, en tanto que coleccionista de moneda antigua. </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">S</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">e analiza su relación con destacados coleccionistas de la época, como 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 y José <span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">Guevara y </span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: xx-small;">V</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">asconcelos. </span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: xx-small;">I</span><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #221e1f; font-size: xx-small;">gualmente se presta atención a las posibles razones que llevaron a María </span></span><span style="color: #000000; 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 a iniciarse en ese curioso asunto así como el modo en que la posición social de su esposo pudo influir en ello. Por último también se ocupa del destino final de su colección, que fue adquirida por el Seminario de Nobles de Madrid.</span></span></span></span></p>