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24 May 2019 - 11:00 (CEST) -
Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Spectacular in terms of its rarity and its fresh colours, this multicoloured work in a feather mosaic from the newly conquered Mexico was pre-empted by the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac.
Mexico, second half of the 16th century, Christ the Good Shepherd and two scenes from the life of St John the Baptist in a landscape, polychrome feathers on panel, 20.4 x 30.2 cm; ebony frame inlaid with bone fillets and embellished with gilded silver flowerets probably made in Germany in the last third of the 16th century. Result: €283,360
Mexico, second half of the 16th century, Christ the Good Shepherd and two scenes from the life of St John the Baptist in a landscape, polychrome feathers on panel, 20.4 x 30.2 cm; ebony frame inlaid with bone fillets and embellished with gilded silver flowerets probably made in Germany in the last third of the 16th century. Result: €283,360
In February 2018, the oldest painting in Latin American Christian art known to date, evoking the Mass of St Gregory and executed entirely in feathers, was loaned by the Musée des Jacobins in Auch to the New York Metropolitan Museum. It was created in…
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