Francisco Serrano Bedoya (1812-1882), a politician and army officer from Jaen, commissioned this portrait after his daughter’s death. She died of smallpox in December 1870, when she was only 20 years old. In its fluent execution and limited palette, enhanced by chiaroscuro, Rosales’ portrait – based on a photograph – hints at the sitter’s psychological depths.
Prieto, Gregorio, Eduardo Rosales, Afrodisio Aguado S.A, Madrid, 1950, pp. 34.
G.Navarro, Carlos, 'Eduardo Rosales. Francisca Serrano Aizpurúa', Museo Nacional del Prado. Memoria de actividades 2024, Madrid, 2025, pp. 145-147.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 3163.
Rosales 1871
Signed and dated.
Front, lower left corner
Room 061B (On Display)
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