On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P02626
- Author
- Rico y Ortega, Martín (Spanish)
- Title
- Alcalá: The Banks of the Guadaíra River
- Chronology
- 1871
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 30 cm x 46 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- LEGADO
- Procedence
- Legacy of Ramón de Errazu, 1904
A watercolor of excellent technical
quality depicting the vegetable
gardens of Alcalá de Guadaíra, made
by Rico during a one-year stay in
Granada.
The artist was especially skillful
at endowing his landscapes with a
calm and secluded atmosphere. In
this watercolor Rico displays his
masterful use of light, which is
favored by a sober but intensely
nuanced palette of colors. The
presence of children was customary
in almost all his paintings and
they appear here as well, on the
banks of the Guadaíra River.
This painting entered the Prado
Museum as part of the legacy of
Ramón Errazu.
