23 East 67th Street, NY 10065, New York, United States
Open: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm by appointment
Sat 7 Sep 2024 to Fri 27 Sep 2024
23 East 67th Street, NY 10065 The Art of Gold: Viceregal Pictures and Ancient Jewelry
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm by appointment
Colnaghi presents The Art of Gold. This show features 23 pieces of ancient jewellery ranging from Archaic Greek and Pheonician to Norse, Javenese, and Renaissance gems.
Alongside the jewellery we will present seven Latin American Viceregal pictures. As the Spanish began colonising Latin America in the early 16th century, art became a powerful tool for the Catholic Church. At first, sculptures and paintings were imported from Spain, but from the mid-16th century onwards, the Church set up guilds and workshops to train a local base of indigenous artisans. The Old Master works on view came out of these workshops, which created some of the most important artistic genres in Latin American art.
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