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02-06-2026
Alejandro Ferrant

Madrid, 1843 - Madrid, 1917

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Portrait of a Gentleman

Ca. 1870. Oil on canvas.
Not on display

Holding his spectacles in his right hand, the subject of this portrait gazes at the viewer. He has momentarily left the composition he is working on, which is dated 1844 and is partially legible. It is precisely this element that enabled the subject to be identified as Urbano Aspa (C. Díaz Pascual 2015), a composer of religious music who was also a close friend of the painter’s family. In the background is the fine silver inkstand that Aspa used in his work, including two feather pens and, probably, a metal nib pen.

Díaz Pascual, Concha, Identificando un personaje a través de un objeto de su retrato. Cuaderno de Sofonisba, http://cuadernodesofonisba.blogspot.com.es/, 2015.08.27

Technical data

Imagen del carrusel
Imagen del carrusel
Inventory number
P004316
Author
Alejandro Ferrant
Title
Portrait of a Gentleman
Date
Ca. 1870
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Width: 69 cm; Height: 84 cm
Provenance
Acquired from Josefina Ordóñez for the Museo de Arte Moderno, 1956; Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, 1968-1971
Entry date
1971

Bibliography +

El Maestro Aspa, La Ilustración española y americana, XXX, 1886, pp. 208.

Millán, Pacual, Trilogía Taurina, Segunda parte, Ginés Carrión, Impresor, Madrid, 1906, pp. 1-3.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 184.

Díaz Pascual, Concha, Identificando un personaje a través de un objeto de su retrato, Cuaderno de Sofonisba, http://cuadernodesofonisba.blogspot.com.es/, 2015.08.27.

Other inventories +

Registro del Museo de Arte Moderno, 1954. Núm. 195.

Actas traslado de obras MEAC - Prado, 1971-1973. Núm. 151.
[Inventariado con el mismo número que el P04315]

Inscriptions +

[FE]RRANT.
Signed. Front, lower left area

Jaculatoria: / Bendita sea tu pureza. 1844. / Violin 1 / idem 2 / Flauta / Clari
Front

Exhibitions +

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Sevilla
26.10.2016 - 29.01.2017

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Valencia
23.06.2016 - 25.09.2016

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
A Coruña
16.02.2016 - 26.05.2016

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
14.10.2015 - 16.01.2016

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Cádiz
11.06.2015 - 20.09.2015

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Zaragoza
04.02.2015 - 17.05.2015

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Tarragona
17.09.2014 - 11.01.2015

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Lleida
20.02.2014 - 20.07.2014

Objects Speak. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Girona
22.10.2013 - 26.01.2014

Displayed objects +

Music, Legible: La partitura tiene una inscripción legible: "Jaculatoria: / Bendita sea tu pureza. 1844. / Violin 1º / idem 2º / Flauta / Clari". Se conserva en la Biblioteca Nacional:
http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000056512&page=1

1844

Pince nez: Anteojos de montura metálica fina con puente ancho de pinza y un pequeño anillo unido al aro derecho, del que se ataba un cordón que se colgaba del cuello o se prendía del chaleco. Se puso de moda a mediados del siglo XIX (Fernández Navarro, J. M.; Capel del Águila, F.: El vidrio en la pintura del Museo Nacional del Prado, 2012).

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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