Fernando Zóbel
Tanto Monta
1973
Acrylic on canvas
100.5 x 100.5 cm
The Spanish expression, “Tanto Monta, Monta Tanto, Isabel como Fernando” pertains to the joint reign of Catholic monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon.
Zóbel’s Tanto Monta mirrors the “marriage of equals” between Mercedes and Col. Joseph McMicking.
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