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Mexican school; circa 1800."Skull.Silver alloy with garnets, emeralds and hard coloured stones.Measurements: 18 x 15 x 25 cm.Round sculpture made in silver alloy with garnets and ornamental emeralds which are arranged all over the piece, especially in the area of the eyes and the forehead. The piece recreates a funerary mask, although the dimensions indicate its ornamental meaning. The goldsmith's work with the delicate silver filigree and the care taken in the cutting of the stones reveal the great technical skill of the author. This type of piece became an object of artistic interest, increasing the demand from Europe. There, they were considered luxury goods. These works, on their way through the American continent, had a great aesthetic influence on local production. This is the case in Peru, where they assimilated this technique to such an extent that it is difficult to distinguish between the two productions.In this particular case, these technical characteristics can be seen in the treatment of silver.It should be noted that the use of skulls is traditional in Mexican culture, and these works were genuine in pre-Columbian culture, especially the Aztecs, whose rituals included the storage of the skulls of human offerings, next to the main temple. They were understood as an offering to the gods and were also used as a warning to their enemies.
ANDRÉS CORTÉS Y AGUILAR (Seville, 1812 - 1879)."Fishermen", 1861.Oil on canvas.Preserves late 19th century frame.Signed and dated in the lower right corner.Measurements: 46 x 58 cm; 56,5 x 69,5 cm (frame).A painter with a prolific and very personal oeuvre, however, there is little precise information about his life. His father, Antonio Cortés, lived in France and had been a disciple of the landscape and animal painter Constantin Troyon (1810-1865), which undoubtedly must have marked from his first artistic steps, together with his father, Andrés Cortés's preference for painting landscapes with herds; a genre in which he would become one of the most outstanding specialists of his time and which defines much of his production. He was present in Seville from 1840, where he lived all his life and furthered his career. He taught at the School of Fine Arts and was a member of its Academy from 1862, soon achieving fame in Sevillian artistic circles with his attractive panoramic views of the city with figures, for which he is best known today and which earned him a notable reputation in his day among the clientele of Seville's high society. Among them, the most famous are undoubtedly his versions of The Seville Fair, the first painted for the Count of Ybarra, the promoter of this popular livestock fair, and the other, signed in 1852, which is kept in the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts. Within the same genre, Andrés Cortés painted other Sevillian views of an equally ambitious composition, with an emphasis both on the description of buildings and monuments and on the types and costumes of the people who inhabit them, with vivid, brilliant colouring, aspects which are largely responsible for their appeal, most notably the View of Seville from the Prado de San Sebastián, painted in 1866 (Seville, Javier Benjumea collection). However, most of the artist's best-known paintings, and the ones with which he must have maintained his career owing to their easy sale and decorative picturesqueness, were rural landscapes with flocks, almost always sheep or cow herds led by their shepherds, good examples are Camino de la Feria (Seville, Count of Aguiar), Paisaje con pastores y ganado (Palma del Condado, Cepeda collection), Paisaje de fantasía (Madrid, Fundación Santamarca), and the landscapes with figures in the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. He also painted some discreet portraits, such as those of Nicolás Antonio (Seville, Biblioteca Colombina), signed in 1851; José María Ybarra (Seville, Count of Ybarra), painted in 1854; and Rodrigo Ponce de León, Marquis of Cádiz (Seville, City Hall), signed two years later. He was also an interesting type painter, an example of which is The Uncle Gamboa of Hinojos (private collection), painted in 1857, and The Woodcutter Sewing His Clothes (Seville, private collection). He is also known to have painted religious works such as La caridad de las Hermanas de San Vicente de Paúl ("The Charity of the Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul", Seville, City Hall; on loan to the Hogar de la Virgen de los Reyes), executed in 1847, and we also know of a large historical canvas painted by Cortés in 1848 depicting Guzmán el Bueno arming his son, which received some coverage in the Sevillian press of the time and was acquired by the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier. A participant in the Fine Arts exhibitions held in the city, in 1858 he was awarded a silver medal for A Country, and in 1868 he presented A Cabin. The recognition he enjoyed in his city showered him with local honours and distinctions, and he became a founding member of the Seville Archaeological Deputation, president of its Arts class, correspondent of the Royal Academy of Archaeology and Geography of Prince Alfonso and of that of Cordoba, and a member of the Academy of Emulation and Promotion, as well as being decorated with several crosses.
Dutch silver miniature linnenpress with 4 loose plates and a drawer, early 18th century, unmarked, possibly A. Van Geffen, gross w. 91 gr., heigth 10 cm. Restored.Zilveren miniatuur linnenpers met 4 losse bladen en een lade, ongekeurd, vroeg 18de eeuw, br.gew. 91 gr., hoogte 10 cm.
Dutch silver miniature fireplace set, brush and a large broom are unsigned, fireplace tongs, mm Wessel Jansen, Amsterdam, 1642-1696, 835/000, gross w. 45 gr., length tongs 14.5 cm. All linked by a silver chain.Zilveren miniatuur openhaard set, stoffer en grote veger haardtang, mt Wessel Jansen, Amsterdam, 18de eeuw. 835/000, br.gew. 45 gr, lengte haardtang 14,5 cm. Alles aan elkaar verbonden met een zilveren ketting.
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