Portrait of Leopoldo O’Donnell
1867. Oil on canvas.On display elsewhere
The complex undertaking of tracking the long-term loans made by the Museo Nacional del Prado throughout its history, the so-called “Prado disperso” (currently “Prado extendido”), has now been enriched by the location of a portrait of Leopoldo O’Donnell by Raimundo de Madrazo (1841-1920), which in 1920 was loaned to Tetouan, to the Spanish High Commissariat in Morocco. The end of the Spanish protectorate of Morocco in 1956 and the uncertainty about the true authorship of the work—repeatedly attributed to Federico de Madrazo—have hindered its correct identification, which has now culminated by its discovery in the Throne Room of the General Command in Ceuta.
Cano Díaz, Emiliano, Un retrato de Leopoldo O'Donnell por Raimundo de Madrazo, localizado en Ceuta. Boletín del Museo del Prado, 2023, p.81-88
