(MEXICO 1756) Cabrera Miguel Maravilla Americana y conjunto

Sale 2364 - Lot 354

Price Realized: $ 1,750

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(MEXICO--1756.) Cabrera, Miguel. Maravilla Americana, y conjunto de raras maravillas . . . en la prodigiosa imagen de Nuestra Sra. de Guadalupe. [18], 30, [6] pages. 4to, contemporary marbled wrappers; minimal wear. México: Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1756

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Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768) was the great Mexican painter of his era. The Maravilla Americana was his influential work on Our Lady of Guadalupe, in which he analyzed the materials used in the painting and concluded that it was of divine origin. Not known at auction since the Phillipps copy in 1986. Medina, México 4310; Palau 38865; Sabin 9812.