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Lot 0057 . ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON - Correspondence with the Farnham family of Surrey

ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON

Dublin 1769 - Walmer 1852

Correspondence with the Farnham family of Surrey. 1841

Letter and envelope on paper handwritten in ink

Measures 184 x 115 mm

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Lot 0058 . FRANKLIN PIERCE - Land Grant Certificate dated Washington April 1856 Handwritten signature of the US President with seal

FRANKLIN PIERCE, US President (1853-1857)

Hillsborough, New Hampshire 1804 - Concord, New Hampshire 1869

Land grant certificate dated Washington April 1856

Handwritten signature of the US President with seal. 1856

Paper printed and inscribed in ink

Signed, inscribed and stamped

Measures 255 x 400 mm

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Lot 0058 . PEDRO DE ORRENTE - Assumption of the Virgin

PEDRO DE ORRENTE

Murcia 1580 - Valencia 1644

Assumption of the Virgin

Oil on canvas

Measures 146 x 78 cm

Origin:

- Barcelona, private collection.

It may be the lost canvas of this theme from the altarpiece of the Concepción de Murcia, in which Orrente paints four canvases with the following themes: Adoration of the Shepherds, Adoration of the Kings, Annunciation and Assumption of the Virgin. This work looks unfinished, which may be due to the fact that Orrente did not finish the commission when he suddenly moved to Valencia, leaving the commission in the hands of Lorenzo Suárez, also a painter; the latter had to complete the set with another four canvases of the Evangelists from the bank.

The altarpiece was dismantled by the Fontes family, patrons of the chapel, and replaced by an altarpiece by Francisco Salzillo that was destroyed in 1931.

Orrente's paintings remained in the hands of his descendants until Don José Fontes sold the Adoration of the Shepherds to the Museum of Murcia in 1929. The Annunciation (148 x 84 cm) fell to the other family branch in Madrid.

Bibliography:

- Diego Angulo Iñiguez and Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez; Toledo painting. First half of the 17th century. Madrid, 1972, p. 254 -255.

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Lot 0059 . JOSÉ DE LA CRUZ PORFIRIO DÍAZ MORI - Banquet offered to the President of the Republic on the occasion of the centenary of the Independence of Mexico by Spanish aristocrats 3 sheets with handwritten signatures of the President and several of th

JOSÉ DE LA CRUZ PORFIRIO DÍAZ MORI, President of the United Mexican States (1884 - 1911)

Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca 1830 - Paris 1915

Banquet offered to the President of the Republic on the occasion of the centenary of the Independence of Mexico by Spanish aristocrats

3 sheets with handwritten signatures of the President and several of the organizers

Printed cardboard, embossed inscribed in ink and pencil

Measurements 225 x 165 mm

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Lot 0059 . SEBASTIÁN LLANOS Y VALDÉS - Adoration of the Shepherds

SEBASTIAN LLANOS Y VALDES

Seville v. 1605 - 1677

adoration of the shepherds

Oil on canvas

Measures 122 x 181 cm

This painting is attributed to the production of the Sevillian painter Sebastián de Llanos y Valdés (h.1605-1677), one of the founders of the San Lucas Drawing Academy (1660). It is an Adoration of the Shepherds (Luke 2, 15-21) in which the clear protagonist is the Child Jesus. Around him are the shepherds, the Virgin and Saint Joseph on a neutral background. At the back of the painting and with a very dark intonation are the mule and the ox.

There are similarities with a contemporary painting from which Llanos y Valdés could have been inspired; by Antonio del Castillo (1616-1668), Nativity, Hispanic Society, New York (fig.1), famous painter in Seville of religious subjects. The production of Llanos y Valdés is directly related to that of Herrera el Viejo (c.1590-1654), but with a more Zurbaran-esque sense that materialized in chiaroscuro and the inclusion of small still lifes, giving the painting a more humanistic sense. In the Spanish seventeenth century, religious-themed painting tried to adopt a more everyday sense to bring the faithful closer.

Bibliography:

- Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez; Baroque Painting in Spain (1600-1750), Cátedra, Madrid, 2010, p. 273.

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Lot 0060 . ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA - Adoration of the Kings

ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA

Cordoba 1616 - 1668

Worship of the Kings. 1639?

Oil on canvas

Signed and dated (remains)

Measures 111 x 159 cm

Origin:

Private collection, Madrid.

His painting remained in the line of naturalism, moving away from the new baroque formulas and enduring in the Zurbaranesque aesthetic. Antonio del Castillo worked with a more personal style in works of a narrative nature and monumental composition, as in this case.

It is a picture of a religious matter that narrates The Epiphany of the Lord; set in an exterior that simulates the entrance to a temple. The Holy Family, located to the right of the painting, receives the presents of the three Wise Men. There is a version of this painting attributed to the painter found in the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta (Córdoba), with a similar dimension and composition, which is also signed. It is, together with this work, the only two signed and dated versions. The coloring of the painting focuses on the folds of the protagonists; the Holy Family and the Three Wise Men, leaving the dark tones for the background and creating a certain contrast. The treatment of light in the painting seems to emanate from the left side, which affects the folds of the characters.

Bibliography:

- Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso, Baroque Painting in Spain (1600-1750), Chair, 2010, p. 156.

- Benito Navarrete Prieto., Antonio del Castillo. Drawings (1616-1668), Catalog raisonné, Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander, 2008, p. 256.