Cabinet showing 17th century ‘globalisation’ in action makes over 90 times estimate
Due to the fact that they represent a meeting of three continents and cultures, barniz de Pasto (Pasto varnish) boxes have recently been described by Jorge F Rivas Perez, curator of Latin American Art at the Denver Art Museum, as ‘some of the first works of a globalised world’.
Named after the Colombian city most closely associated with the technique, barniz de Pasto works dis…