This is the fullest known preparatory drawing for the painting on the same theme now in the Museo del Prado (P008287). Rosales focuses here on the figure of Blanca of Navarre herself, and on the gesture with which she consoles her lady-in-waiting, while simplifying the decorative details of her costume, which would receive more elaborate treatment in the final composition.
Díez, José Luis, Eduardo Rosales [1836-1873]. Dibujos. Catálogo razonado, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, 2007, pp. 219,220.
Inv. Dibujos siglo XIX, Casón del Buen Retiro. Núm. 1211.
Registros-Inventarios Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, 1900-1936. Núm. 88.
Estampilla con la firma "E. Rosales".
Inscribed in red color.
Front, upper left corner
"Blanca de / Navarra"
Inscribed.
Front, upper left corner
Sello del M.A.M.
Front, lower right corner
Sobre las faldas de las figuras, invertido "Veduta preta del Vestibu [...] / di san Pietro guardando... / Sagrestia".
Inscribed.
Front, lower central area
Sello de certificación de la autenticidad con las firmas de Carlota Rosales y Gabriel Maureta.
Front, upper right corner
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