On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P04390
- Author
- Haes, Carlos de (Spanish)
- Title
- Mancorbo Canal in Picos de Europa
- Chronology
- 1876
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 168 cm x 123 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COMPRA
- Procedence
- Adquisición, 1876 - Museo de Arte Moderno
A landscape of the large crags
along the Canal of Mancorbo, in the
foothills of the Andara range at
the eastern part of Picos de Europa
in the Cantabrian shire of Liébana.
At the bottom of the work are three
cows and their cowherd, wearing a
blanket.
The polished and finished technique
and large dimensions reveal that
this work was painted in the
artist's studio. Nevertheless, its
pictorial quality and the realism
of its composition are
outstanding.
The preparatory sketch for this
painting, dated in situ in 1874, is
in a private collection in
Santander.
This work was acquired from the
artist for the Prado museum by
Royal Order of 10 August 1876. It
later entered the now-defunct
Museum of Modern Art, from which it
returned to the Prado Museum.
Location on the map
