David Antonio CruzPuerto Rican Pieta
About
This portraiture-themed pairing highlights the broad chronological and stylistic range within El Museo del Barrio’s collection. While the modernist portrait of a laundress by Rafael Tufiño evinces the artist’s commitment to represent often marginalized, everyday people with expressive paint application, the self-portrait by Antonio Cruz presents himself and his mother through the guise of one of the most cherished and moving depictions of divine maternity—Michelangelo Buonarroti’s late fifteenth-century Pietà.
Loan Duration
2 years
Loan period
Fall 2025-2028
Total Artworks
2
Century
20th, 21st Century
lending Museum
El Museo del Barrio
Facility Requirements
Artworks can be hung together or dispersed throughout the galleries.
Support
Art Bridges covers all costs to prepare and ship the artworks to the borrowing museums. The foundation encourages borrowing museums to apply for accompanying Learning & Engagement funding to support the activation and interpretation of Partner Loan Networks artworks. Learning & Engagement funding supports multidisciplinary programming, interpretive materials, and community outreach.
