Another ‘boceto’ or study of Luna’s ‘Spoliarium’ emerges
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A purported «boceto» or study of Juan V. Luna's immortal «Spoliarium» that Salcedo Auctions claims to have discovered in Spain and now repatriated to the Philippines for its auction this Sept. 22 is dividing art historians and experts.Another ‘boceto’ or study of Luna’s ‘Spoliarium’ emerges
A purported «boceto» or study of Juan V. Luna's immortal «Spoliarium» that Salcedo Auctions claims to have discovered in Spain and now repatriated to the Philippines for its auction this Sept. 22 is dividing art historians and experts. But all of them agree that the work may either be the greatest find in the Philippine art in the new century---or the worst hoax. The issue has become more complicated after art collector and trader Pacifico «Pico» Gonzales Jr. presented to the Inquirer another study of the «Spoliarium,» which art experts said would be more in keeping with the traditional practice of bocetos. Art experts are taking a look at the newly alleged boceto and compar...Keep on reading: Another ‘boceto’ or study of Luna’s ‘Spoliarium’ emerges Read more