En vue

1880. Oil on panel.
Not on display

Established in Paris in 1873, Palmaroli developed a genre painting that brought him extraordinary success. This refined panel, the most refined version of a theme he repeated on several occasions, is a reflection on the summers he spent in the French town of Trouville-sur-Mer (Normandy), and of the social sophistication of the environment in which he found himself. The elegant and stylish young woman is depicted in the moment that she has abandoned her reading to gaze through her binoculars. The black of the binoculars and of the parasol she is holding contrasts with the range of pastel tones that dominates the composition, giving the work a delicate, precious character. The mood is enhanced by the rapid brushstrokes, finely layered, reminiscent of the sketches made à plein air.

Mena Marqués, M.; Albarrán, V., Azúa, F. de, La belleza cautiva. Pequeños tesoros del Museo del Prado = La bellesa captiva. Petits tresors del Museo del Prado, Barcelona, Museo del Prado - Obra Social "La Caixa", 2014, p.212

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Inventory number: P006573
Author: Vicente Palmaroli y González
Title: En vue
Date: 1880
Technique: Oil
Support: Panel
Dimension: Height: 43 cm; Width: 22 cm
Provenance: Bequest of Vicente Palmaroli Reboulet, 1941; Museo de Arte Moderno, 1941-1971
Entry date: 1971

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Espinós, A.; Orihuela, M. y Royo Villanova, M. [et al.], El "Prado disperso". Cuadros depositados en Granada. II. Museo de Bellas Artes. Palacio de Carlos V, Boletín del Museo del Prado, IV, Madrid, 1983, pp. 192.

Mena Marqués, M.; Albarrán, V., La belleza encerrada: de Fra Angelico a Fortuny, folleto, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2013, pp. 60 nº274.

Maurer, Gudrun, Goya: lo bello y lo recóndito, La belleza encerrada: de Fra Angelico a Fortuny, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2013, pp. 456.

Mena Marqués, M.; Albarrán, V., Azúa, F. de, La belleza cautiva. Pequeños tesoros del Museo del Prado = La bellesa captiva. Petits tresors del Museo del Prado, Museo del Prado - Obra Social "La Caixa", Barcelona, 2014, pp. 212.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 453.

Prado captive beauty: treasures from the Prado Museum, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, 2015, pp. nº100.