Sevilla, 1875 - Sevilla, 1949
See author's fileThe painter González Santos often turned to pastel, given the technique’s particular grace in the genre of portraiture. In this work it is used to depict the lifeless body of a child. In the case of children, the post-mortem genre became quite popular in Spain during the reign of Alfonso XII, a time when the rate of child mortality, particularly of the very young, was still extremely high.
Barón, Javier; Matilla, José Manuel, 'Manuel González Santos. Autorretrato, 1907. Retrato mortuorio de un hijo del artista, 1906 o posterior', Museo Nacional del Prado. Memoria de actividades 2023, Madrid, 2024, pp. 112-115.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 3124.
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