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Lot Essay
For variants see Diener, CH-O-11 and -13. Diener identifies the figures in the foreground of the variant, CH-O-11, as the family of Carlos Álvarez Condarco (or Condarcos) to the left and the Brown family to the right, with Messrs Ward and Wheelwright. Rugendas fell in love with one of the Condarco daughters, Clara, and began an affair with her after he separated from his lover Carmen Arriagada. He would later flee Valparaiso and her disapproving parents for Peru, financed by Wheelwright's patronage.
The international community in Valparaiso was much greater than in Santiago and provided much more contact with Europe and the old world. Rugendas's many friends here included Berkemeyer, the German consul from Hamburg, the businessman Beyerbach the painters Juan Smith and Carlos Wood, and the families of Browne Aliaga, Ossa Browne, and William (Guillermo) Wheelwright, an English entrepreneur, president of the steamship company and one of the artist's patrons. Rugendas shuttled between Valparaiso and Santiago in his first years in Chile, and settled in the port permanently from May 1838 until his departure for Peru in November 1842.
The international community in Valparaiso was much greater than in Santiago and provided much more contact with Europe and the old world. Rugendas's many friends here included Berkemeyer, the German consul from Hamburg, the businessman Beyerbach the painters Juan Smith and Carlos Wood, and the families of Browne Aliaga, Ossa Browne, and William (Guillermo) Wheelwright, an English entrepreneur, president of the steamship company and one of the artist's patrons. Rugendas shuttled between Valparaiso and Santiago in his first years in Chile, and settled in the port permanently from May 1838 until his departure for Peru in November 1842.