PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JUDITH SMALL NASH, NEW YORK Judith Small Nash has been a dealer, writer and exhibition organizer in the fields of Pre-Columbian and Native American Art. Ms. Small Nash became a collector of the Spanish Colonial Period when she first purchased a painting from the era about thirty years ago. Ever since, she has been an avid enthusiast. The works in this sale represent a selection of her unique collection choices.

Anonymous (Cuzco School Late 18th Century)

Santos Crispín y Crispiniano

Details

Anonymous (Cuzco School Late 18th Century)
Santos Crispín y Crispiniano
inscribed 'ST. CRESPIN ET ST. CRESPÍIN' (sic)
oil on canvas
32½ x 29½ in. (82.5 x 75 cm.)

Provenance

Osuna Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Wray collection, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, 4 February 1997, lot 172, cover lot (illustrated).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited

On loan to Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1997-2000.

Lot Essay

Santos Crispín and Crispiniano were twins who were martyred for their faith by the governor of Belgic Gaul, Rictus Varus, around 286 AD. The saints had left their noble Roman family to preach Christianity to the Gauls and, to earn a living, made shoes by night. They are considered patron saints of cobblers, tanners and leather workers. The saints's feastday is especially noted in William Shaskepeare's play Henry V in the speech given by the king before the Battle of Agincourt which occurred on 25 October 1415.

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