Lot 165
165
Anonymous (Possibly Cuzco School Late 18th Century)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JUDITH SMALL NASH, NEW YORK
Anonymous (Possibly Cuzco School Late 18th Century)

Alegoría de la salvación y condenación

Details
Anonymous (Possibly Cuzco School Late 18th Century)
Alegoría de la salvación y condenación
oil on canvas
64½ x 44½ in. (163.8 x 113 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, Latin American Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, 19 May 1993, lot 95 (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

The image depicts the road to Salvation which is illustrated through a ladder leading to Heaven and the Cross with the word Fides or faith inscribed--and the descent to damnation illustrated on the right with the steps taken towards it. Naturally, the stairs leading to Heaven depict virtues while the steps plunging into the mouth of Hell or ferocious dragon, enumerate sins accumulated during a life of debauchery.

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