Magnificent Life Size Mexican colonial Virgin of Valvanera with Child, New Spain…

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Magnificent Life Size Mexican colonial Virgin of Valvanera with Child, New Spain 18th century Made of carved wood, polychrome and gilded fabric. Possibly Veracruz. 110 x 45 x 45 cm. Provenance: property of a private collection, Barcelona

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Central America - BIART (Lucien). The hot earth. Scenes of Mexican manners. Paris, Hetzel, sd. In-12 bradel brown half-percaline, spine decorated, title page in green mar. Minor scattered foxing. Also included, by the same author and publisher: La Terre tempérée. Scenes from Mexican Life. 1866. In-12 blue half calf, smooth spine decorated, gilt title. Spine faded. Some foxing. Stamps of Cercle de l'Industrie, Commentry.

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Viceroyalty school, XVIII century. "Virgin of La Merced". Oil on canvas. It has slight wear on the pictorial surface. Measurements: 54 x 38 cm; 60,5 x 44 cm (frame). Devotional painting of viceroyalty, probably from Cuzco. The Virgin of entire body adopts the welcoming gesture of opening her arms to the world. It occupies a large part of the frame. She wears a white mantle supported by two angels flanking her, as do the pair of saints arranged in the lower part, respecting the compositional symmetry. We recognize the Virgin of Mercy by the scapular and the trap that she holds in her hands. From this we can interpret that one of the saints is Saint Peter Nolasco, founder of the Order of Mercy. It is a work typical of the novo-Hispanic art, determined by the subtlety and harmony of the whole. It is worth mentioning that, during the Spanish colonial domination, a mainly religious painting was developed, destined to Christianize the indigenous peoples. The local painters were modeled on Spanish works, which they followed literally in terms of types and iconography. The most frequent models were the harquebusier angels and the triangular virgins, however, in the first years of the 19th century, already in times of independence and political opening of some of the colonies, several artists began to represent a new model of painting with its own identity.

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Russian Icon, 18th century Virgin Mary, consolation of the afflicted Painting on polychrome wood with gold applications Size: 36 x 31,5 cm

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

PEYRON, Alexandre. Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies. Service colonial. Budget des Depenses de l'exercice 1884. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1884. Folio, 295x230 mm; editorial hardback binding. Pp. 116. Vignette on title page. Defects to binding. Good copy. Very important document. Account of budgets and forecast of expenditures for the French Colonies, prepared for the Finance Act of December 29, 1883. Alexandre Peyron, 1823 - 1892, naval officer and politician, was Minister 'de la Marine et des Colonies' from August 9, 1883 to April 5, 1885; was elected senator for life on June 24, 1884. Folio, 295x230 mm; publisher's binding. Pp. 116. Vignette on title. Defects on binding. Good specimen. Very important document. Report of budgets and forecast of expenses for the French Colonies, drawn up for the Finance Law of 29 December 1883. Alexandre Peyron, 1823 - 1892, naval officer and politician, was Minister 'de la Marine et des Colonies' from August 9, 1883 to April 5, 1885; he was elected senator for life on June 24, 1884.

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