Description Painted in New Mexico sometime in the first half of the eighteenth century, the two large works of art that have become known as the Segesser Hide Paintings were sent to Lucerne, Switzerland in 1758 by a Jesuit missionary.
This book is but a example of that benefit, an important contribution to New Mexico\'s Centennial..
The true value of the Segesser Paintings is that knowledge continues to radiate from them.
Five of this book\'s authors have passed away, others continue to learn and share.
The information gleaned from the Paintings inspired them to think about history and art in different ways.
This book is an anthology that brings together a sampling of those scholars who have seen and studied the Paintings.
Scholars have marveled over them.
The history, intrigue, and inherent value of the Paintings has no bounds.
They are the most novel and important artifacts, if not works of art, of New Mexico\'s Colonial history.
As historical documents they are revealing.
As works of art they are unique.
Rediscovered after World War II by a Swiss ethno-historian, the Paintings returned to New Mexico in 1986.
Description Painted in New Mexico sometime in the first half of the eighteenth century, the two large works of art that have become known as the Segesser Hide Paintings were sent to Lucerne, Switzerland in 1758 by a Jesuit missionary
