Embarking a Family on a Tartan
1784. Oil on canvas.On display elsewhere
This work is based on a sketch on canvas by Mariano Salvador Maella (1739–1819), also located in the Museo del Prado collections (P874). It is part of a set of cartoons for the tapestries intended to decorate the rooms of the Princes of Asturias in the Palace of El Pardo in Madrid. This is one of the ten designs with seafaring themes which were commissioned for the Pieza de Damas in the Princess´s Bedroom. The tapestry made from this cardboard is currently located in the Salón de Consejillos –the official outer office of the Palace of El Pardo– (PN-10072423)
Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2015, p.236