Four Sailors and a Child

1785. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

This work was made from a sketch on canvas by Mariano Salvador Maella (1739–1819). It is part of a set of cartoons for the tapestries intended to decorate the rooms of the Prince and Princess of Asturias in the Palace of El Pardo in Madrid. This painting is one of the ten designs with seafaring themes which were commissioned for the Ladies´ Piece 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– .

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Inventory number: P006213
Author: Zacarías González Velázquez
Title: Four Sailors and a Child
Date: 1785
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Width: 180 cm; Height: 270 cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist for Real Fábrica de Tapices; Museo de la Trinidad, 1870–1872
Entry date: 1872

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