Image: National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Buenos Aires
Argentina’s National Museum of Fine Arts has used its LaObraDelDía series to spotlight 'Cebando mate', a tempera by Adolfo D’Hastrel. In the museum’s post, the work is identified as having been painted by D’Hastrel, described there as a French military man who acted in the Río de la Plata until 1840.
The museum’s brief presentation focuses on the figure in the scene and the painting’s visual coding. According to the post, a peasant woman is shown with an eroticized, orientalizing treatment, while the red color of her scarf and skirt marks her as a federal woman. The post does not provide additional curatorial text, exhibition framing or loan information.
The artwork itself, 'Cebando mate', is described by the museum as a tempera. The title refers to the preparation of mate, placing the image within an everyday regional subject that has long interested artists working in the River Plate context. The museum’s note, however, concentrates less on domestic scene-setting than on the way the woman is represented and identified through dress and pose.
D’Hastrel’s name appears in the museum’s caption in connection with his military background and his presence in the Río de la Plata up to 1840. No further biographical details are given in the post. The museum also does not state when or where the work was made, nor does it attach the image to a larger display or acquisition announcement.
LaObraDelDía is one of the museum’s recurring social-media formats for drawing attention to individual works in its collection. In this case, the post serves as a compact interpretive note on 'Cebando mate', pairing basic identification with commentary on gender, politics and style in the scene.
The museum shared the post under the hashtag #LaObraDelDía, with the text in Spanish and a link to its website. No dates, public program details or exhibition schedule were included in the material made available with the post.
