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Baltasar de Echave Orio (Zumaya, circa 1548 - Mexico, 1624)
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Baltasar de Echave Orio (Zumaya, circa 1548 - Mexico, 1624)
"The Holy Family with the two Trinities"
Oil on copper.
35 x 26,5 cm.
Exquisite 17th-century copper painting by Baltazar Echave Orio, created between 1607 and 1624, the year of his death.
We base our attribution of this painting to Baltasar de Echave Orio on the Latin phrase in gold that hovers beneath God the Father: "Tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in coelo" (There are three who give testimony in Heaven), which belongs to the musical piece created in 1607 by Gregor Aichinger, German Catholic priest and composer of sacred music. A Gregorian vocal composition that reflects the truth of the Holy Trinity: "Tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in coelo: Pater, Verbum et Spiritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt" (1 John 5:7), "Three who are ONE." There is also the phrase on a small banner at the feet of the Holy Family, also in gold: "Tres Sunt qui testimonium dant in Terra" (There are three who give testimony on Earth).
The composition is on two levels, heaven and earth. If we divide the painting with a horizontal line, we see these two worlds, these two Trinities. The composition is also in the shape of a cross, the Divine Trinity in the vertical, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Son; and below, the Human Trinity standing on earth, Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and Saint Joseph, both parents of Jesus who holds their hands, making them one with Heaven, at which he gazes.
The painting speaks of "divine proportions," the shape of the composition has the geometry of New Spanish painting, with nobility, and dignity in each brushstroke, an image with a sense of realism based on the specificity of details and perspective, a system that fascinated Latin American painters and this artist especially in the 17th century.
The painter was born in Zumaya and later trained in Seville, where he came into contact with the paintings by Hernando de Esturmio and Luis de Vargas. The fact of living close to where paintings were being produced to send to New Spain seems to have been a motivating factor in his career, and he decided to travel, settling in Mexico, where he married the daughter of the painter Francisco Ibía. There he trained as an artist and developed his virtuosity in detail, in tenderness and the precise perfection of his drawing and brushstrokes. Known as “el de los azules” (he of the blues), as he always used the colour of the sky to his paintings for greater mysticism.
Many artistic influences arrived in New Spain, one of them was that of the Flemish painters Martín de Vos, Simón Pereyns and Andrés de Concha, which undoubtedly most marked Baltasar Echave Orio’s style.
This Flemish influence is clearly visible in this copper, evident in the delicate features used on the faces of the characters and in their hands.
The artist’s first dated work was painted with his father-in-law, Francisco Ibía, in 1590 for the old cathedral of Puebla.
His individual paintings date from 1606, with a Virgin of Guadalupe.
Various artists trained in his workshop, including his own son, Baltasar Echave Ibía, and it seems that Luis Juárez may also have been one of his disciples. Viceroyalty painting of the first half of the 17th century was strongly influenced by the style of the Echave family workshop.
His most outstanding paintings are Portiuncula and The Visitation, dated 1608 - 1610 made for the main altarpiece of the Church of the Franciscans at Tlatelolco, which currently form part of the collection at the Mexican Museo Nacional de Arte. The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi also formed part of the same reredos.
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Baltasar de Echave Orio (Zumaya, circa 1548 - Mexico, 1624)
"The Holy Family with the two Trinities"
Oil on copper.
35 x 26,5 cm.
Exquisite 17th-century copper painting by Baltazar Echave Orio, created between 1607 and 1624, the year of his death.
We base our attribution of this painting to Baltasar de Echave Orio on the Latin phrase in gold that hovers beneath God the Father: "Tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in coelo" (There are three who give testimony in Heaven), which belongs to the musical piece created in 1607 by Gregor Aichinger, German Catholic priest and composer of sacred music. A Gregorian vocal composition that reflects the truth of the Holy Trinity: "Tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in coelo: Pater, Verbum et Spiritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt" (1 John 5:7), "Three who are ONE." There is also the phrase on a small banner at the feet of the Holy Family, also in gold: "Tres Sunt qui testimonium dant in Terra" (There are three who give testimony on Earth).
The composition is on two levels, heaven and earth. If we divide the painting with a horizontal line, we see these two worlds, these two Trinities. The composition is also in the shape of a cross, the Divine Trinity in the vertical, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Son; and below, the Human Trinity standing on earth, Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and Saint Joseph, both parents of Jesus who holds their hands, making them one with Heaven, at which he gazes.
The painting speaks of "divine proportions," the shape of the composition has the geometry of New Spanish painting, with nobility, and dignity in each brushstroke, an image with a sense of realism based on the specificity of details and perspective, a system that fascinated Latin American painters and this artist especially in the 17th century.
The painter was born in Zumaya and later trained in Seville, where he came into contact with the paintings by Hernando de Esturmio and Luis de Vargas. The fact of living close to where paintings were being produced to send to New Spain seems to have been a motivating factor in his career, and he decided to travel, settling in Mexico, where he married the daughter of the painter Francisco Ibía. There he trained as an artist and developed his virtuosity in detail, in tenderness and the precise perfection of his drawing and brushstrokes. Known as “el de los azules” (he of the blues), as he always used the colour of the sky to his paintings for greater mysticism.
Many artistic influences arrived in New Spain, one of them was that of the Flemish painters Martín de Vos, Simón Pereyns and Andrés de Concha, which undoubtedly most marked Baltasar Echave Orio’s style.
This Flemish influence is clearly visible in this copper, evident in the delicate features used on the faces of the characters and in their hands.
The artist’s first dated work was painted with his father-in-law, Francisco Ibía, in 1590 for the old cathedral of Puebla.
His individual paintings date from 1606, with a Virgin of Guadalupe.
Various artists trained in his workshop, including his own son, Baltasar Echave Ibía, and it seems that Luis Juárez may also have been one of his disciples. Viceroyalty painting of the first half of the 17th century was strongly influenced by the style of the Echave family workshop.
His most outstanding paintings are Portiuncula and The Visitation, dated 1608 - 1610 made for the main altarpiece of the Church of the Franciscans at Tlatelolco, which currently form part of the collection at the Mexican Museo Nacional de Arte. The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi also formed part of the same reredos.
Millésime 24
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Once again, we start the year with a special auction, called Millésime.
A catalog of 73 lots of European, Novo-Hispanic and Vicerregal art, so spanish americas art, where you will find paintings, furniture, decorative arts etc.
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