Lot 133
Joseph Garcia (also Jose Garcia el Hidalgo, Jose Garcia Hidalgo, Josef Garcia Hidalgo - Villena, Spain 1646 - San Felipe, Chile 1719). "San Luis Beltran" oil on canvas, late 17th to early 18th century. Inscription (possibly signature) incised in pigment to right of serpent. A beautiful painting by Spanish Baroque artist Jose Garcia Hidalgo depicting Saint Louis Beltrand, a Spanish Dominican friar who preached to the indigenous peoples throughout South America in the 16th century, thus earning him the title "Apostle of the Americas." In this painting, Jose Garcia el Hidalgo presents St. Louis Beltrand wearing a traditional Dominican black and white habit, gazing upon the crucifix and rosary beads in his right hand, and holding his primary attribute, a golden chalice containing a serpent, in his left hand. All is rendered with the artist's signature rich palette and striking tenebroso - a dramatic play of light and shadow characteristic of the Baroque period - and mounted in an elegant gold-tone frame fit with a brass plaque. Size (sight view): 41.25" L x 27.5" W (104.8 cm x 69.8 cm) Size (frame): 45.5" L x 31.5" W (115.6 cm x 80 cm)
About the artist: Jose Garcia Hidalgo, was a Spanish Baroque artist and treatise writer. He trained in Rome where he was influenced by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669) and Salvator Rosa (1615-1673). He returned to Spain around 1670 and became a member of Juan Carreno de Miranda workshop in Madrid. In 1703 he became an honorary painter to Felipe V, and ran a drawing academy until his death. His paintings demonstrate many of the hallmarks of the Baroque period including the tenebrism of the Valencian school. Twenty of his works are held at the Museo del Prado including his portrait of Maria Luisa de Orleans, Queen Consort of Carlos II (ca. 1679), one of the few royally commissioned paintings together with that of Felipe V. (Source: Marques de Rafal Collection)
Please note: the birth and death dates engraved on the brass plaque are incorrect. The plaque was likely created and engraved some time ago, but at the same time, some time after the painting was created when the owner(s) simply did not have the correct birth and death dates for the artist.
Cf: Jose Luis Colomer, The black and the real image, Center for Hispanic European Studies, 2014, p. 77-81 AND Royal Academy of History, Jose García Hidalgo, Jose Garcia Hidalgo, Royal Academy of History (rah.es), (11/22/22).
Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection
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Condition:
- Overall very good with expected wear and craquelure commensurate with age. Some inpainting. Pigments have been tested via x-ray florescence and are consistent with the period. An inscription (possibly a signature however it is difficult to read) is incised into the pigment to the right of the serpent. Canvas is not lined. Several patches on verso of canvas from old repairs. Old text label with the saint's biography written in Spanish on verso with wear and losses. Custom frame presents with a few minor stains and normal scuffs/abrasions commensurate with age but is otherwise very attractive and complements the painting nicely.
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