Subasta Especial de Arte Colonial y Alta Época
Polychrome wood carving, bright colors, dramatic expression and preserving all its original polychromy, measurements from hand to feet: 74 cm, measurements from head to feet: 62 cm, measurements from hand to hand: 51 cm and depth: 12 cm. Bernardo de Legarda y Arco (1700-1773) was an 18th century sculptor, carver, painter and silversmith from Quito, belonging to the Quito School of Art. He was born in the city of Quito, around the year 1700, although the exact date is unknown. Despite having belonged to a mestizo family with few economic possibilities, he was able to enter the best art schools in the city thanks to the great efforts of his father, where he learned all the secrets of one of the best schools in the world. continent. He married Alejandra Velázquez, also a mestizo, but she left with another man shortly after, causing Legarda to fully concentrate on his isolated work in his workshop, near the Church of San Francisco. Dedicated to his artistic creations until the last of his days, Bernardo de Legarda died on June 1, 1773, in his hometown: Quito. Almost all the churches in the Historic Center of the city owe Legarda the work of the largest number of his altarpieces; He knew how to turn the naves of the temples into art galleries, into true museums of religious art, thus making the eighteenth century of the Quito School lean towards sculpture, in relation to painting. Origin: old Spanish family collection. Bernardo de Legarda died on June 1, 1773, in his hometown: Quito. Almost all the churches in the Historic Center of the city owe Legarda the work of the largest number of his altarpieces; He knew how to turn the naves of the temples into art galleries, into true museums of religious art, thus making the eighteenth century of the Quito School lean towards sculpture, in relation to painting. Origin: old Spanish family collection. Bernardo de Legarda died on June 1, 1773, in his hometown: Quito. Almost all the churches in the Historic Center of the city owe Legarda the work of the largest number of his altarpieces; He knew how to turn the naves of the temples into art galleries, into true museums of religious art, thus making the eighteenth century of the Quito School lean towards sculpture, in relation to painting. Origin: old Spanish family collection. thus achieving that the eighteenth century of the Quito School leaned towards the side of sculpture, in relation to painting. Origin: old Spanish family collection. thus achieving that the eighteenth century of the Quito School leaned towards the side of sculpture, in relation to painting. Origin: old Spanish family collection.
