Francois de Herrera
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
A Family Buying Food, A painting of a family buying food.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SPAN.0093; Public Notes:
Man Buying Vegetables, A scene appears to show a father and daughter on the left buying vegetables from a son and mother on the right. The man is inspecting what looks like onions from a basket the boy is holding. The father and daughter appear to be white and the son and mother appear to be black.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SPAN.0093; Public Notes: Under the photograph the artist's name is written on the left and the possible collection on the right, but it is illegible. Typed under the photograph is what looks like the page number "534." The image was in a folder marked "Francois de Herrera." The folder has the stamp for "Francesco Pineider: Cartolerie."
Saint Looking Up at Heaven, A robed saint wearing monastic robes with a cord kneels and looks up at the sky. He appears to be black. It looks as if the man is already in the clouds. He has stigmata and a halo.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SPAN.0092; Public Notes: Under the photograph the following is written: "Fr. Herrera il griv (ex Cook Coll.) 51 3/4 in x 37 1/2 in Sotheby 25.6.58 ₤220" A typed "46" is located centrally beneath the image, as if it were a page number. The image was in a folder marked "Francois de Herrera." The folder has the stamp for "Francesco Pineider: Cartolerie."
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