Luis García Sampedro (1872-1926) - Fray Bartolomé De Las Casas, Defender Of The Indians

- Gouache grisaille on cardboard. Work belonging to a series of illustrations for the exegetical and historical work "Origins of Spanish Domination in America" published in 1918 by Manuel Serrano y Sanz. The painting shows a composition in which Bartolomé de las Casas, a famous Spanish missionary and friar known for his passionate defense of the humanity and dignity of the American Indians, subjects of the Spanish crown at the beginning of the 16th century, assists a dying man in a presumably Aztec context. - Dimensions of the image without frame: 34 x 25 cm / 50 x 41 cm with frame - From a private collection in Madrid. - Good general condition. Minimal defects. - Galerie Montbaron attaches a technical sheet drawn up by a qualified art historian with all its lots. This sheet is sent in digital format and on request.