Purificación Fontán, Marchioness of the Pazo de la Merced
1885. Oil on canvas.On display elsewhere
Purificación Fontán (around 1846–Madrid, 1921) married José de Elduayen y Gorriti, I Marquis of the Pazo de la Merced and a distinguished politician. During his position at the Ministry of Overseas, in 1880, the Slavery Abolition Act and the establishment of the patronage in Cuba was promulgated.