Son of a slave paints saintly image
While the vast majority of works at Old Master sales are by European artists, an unusual offering at Bonhams’ sale on July 3 was a Latin American work by a painter with Afro-Caribbean ancestry.
Saint Germain, a 23½ x 18in (59 x 46cm) oil on canvas by Jose Campeche y Jordán (1751-1809), was e…