Sotheby’s auctioneers has announced that its fall sales will feature two rare masterpieces by Puerto Rico’s most acclaimed eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists, José Campeche y Jordan (1751-1809) and Francisco Oller y Cestero (1833-1917).

On the afternoon of November 12, Sotheby’s London will offer Oller’s epic painting La Batalla de Treviño (est. £340/380,000) as part of The Spanish Sale, and on the evening of November 18, Sotheby’s New York, as part of the Latin American Art Sale, will offer a fine example of one of Campeche’s most beloved religious subjects, La Virgen de la Merced (est. $150/200,000).

Posted: 11|4|08 at 11:59 am. Filed under: US News.