On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P06993
- Author
- Rosales Gallina, Eduardo (Spanish)
- Title
- Maximina Martínez de la Pedrosa, the Artist's Wife
- Chronology
- Ca. 1860
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 54 cm x 43 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- COMPRA
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 1984
A bust portrait of the artist's
cousin and wife over a dark
background. She is turned slightly
to the right. Her hair is pulled
back and she is dressed in blue
with a transparent black tulle
shawl on her shoulders.
This painting was made when she was
twenty-one years old, some time
before her marriage, and in it,
Rosales very freely reflects his
feelings of tenderness and love
toward the model.
Beyond the manifest influence of
Velasquez, mention should be made
of the rapid and loose technique,
which is combined with more modern
elements closer to some aspects of
Manet or Degas' work. This is
especially clear in the plasticity
of certain objects, such as the
shawl, the flower on the neck of
her dress and her belt
buckle.
This work was painted on a
rectangular stretcher and was to
bear an oval frame.
