AFA 20th Anniversary

2020 Antiques & Fine Art 91 Fig. 8: Albarello (Pharmacy Jar) , Manises, Valencia, Spain, ca. 1390. Tin- glazed earthen- ware with cobalt and luster, H. 11¼, W. 4⅞ in. Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York (E575). Bastida (1863–1923), the exhibition would not be complete without one of his prized beach scenes. Children on the Beach (1908) (Fig. 6), a major work from the peak of his career exemplifies his reputation as the “painter of light.” Sculpture also f igures prominently in Unrivaled , with f ine examples from the ancient cultures that inhabited the Iberian Peninsula, along with two extraordinary works by Spain’s first major woman sculptor. The Phoenicians had established colonies in southern Spain by the 8th century BC. A remarkable Phoenician small bronze of a striding figure depicts the ancient Semitic god of war Reshef (600s BC), as assimilated by the Egyptians and the Phoenicians (Fig. 7). The Roman marble sculpture, Portrait Head of a Julio-Claudian Imperial Princess, perhaps Julia Drusilla (30-50 CE), typifies the sculpture produced in the Roman province of Hispania Baetica. The a stound ingly rea listic polychromed terracot ta sculptures, Head of Saint John the Baptist (Madrid, 1692–1706), and Fig. 7: Egyptianized Reshef , Phoenician, Mérida, Badajoz, Spain, 600s BC. Bronze, H. 9⅝, W. 2 in. Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York (D958).