Provenance:
Don Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857– 1911) and
Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino (Sra. de Paterno, d. 1897)

ABOUT THE WORK

Both Doña Luisa Piñeyro y Merino as well as Doña Teodora Devera Ignacio y Pineda would marry into the Paterno family and move into the palatial mansion in Santa Cruz, Manila. Described by Augusto M.R, Gonzalez III, as follows, "The Capitan Maximino 'Memo' Molo Agustin Paterno y Yamson residence, Santa Cruz, on the narrow, elongated block bordered by no 73 Calle San Roque [no 453 Padre Gomez street], corner Calle Noria [Pedro Paterno street], corner Calle Quiotan [Sales street], corner Calle Francisco Carriedo, midway between the Santa Cruz church and the Quiapo church. The facade/main entrance [ and postal address ] of the house was on Calle San Roque; the azotea and the caballerizas stables should have been on Calle Francisco Carriedo; The long sides of the house were along Calle San Roque and Calle Quiotan; the short sides of the house were along Calle Noria and Calle Francisco Carriedo.” “It was the legendary residence of the famous Capitan Memo Maximino Molo Agustin Paterno of Santa Cruz, Manila, who married three times: the first to Valeria Pineda, the second to Valeria’s cousin Carmen Carmina Devera Ignacio y Pineda, and the third to Carmina’s sister, Teodora Devera Ignacio y Pineda."