CONTINENTAL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

A needlework picture
Continental, early 18th century
Chain-stitched in coloured silks with a scene from the Life of St. Francis Xavier, the saint kneeling by the seashore to receive his crucifix which is retrieved by a crab, with six native dignitaries behind and ships out at sea, framed and glazed
7½ x 10in. (19 x 25.5cm.)

Provenance

Sold Christie's, 8 May 1969, lot 148.

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Lot Essay

Saint Francis Xavier (1506-52) was known as the "Apostle of the Indies" and was based at Goa. As here, artists - including Poussin - often failed to distinguish between the native American "Indian" and the Indian of Asia.

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