Sacred and Profane Love
1881 - 1882. Oil on canvas.Room 040
Copying masterpieces that were unknown in Spain formed part of the training of the artists awarded pensions to study in Rome during the 19th century. The students had to reproduce the scenes to full scale and imitate their pictorial technique as far as possible. In this painting, executed with swift assurance, the artist imitated the brushwork and reproduced the amber colour displayed by the original at the Galleria Borghese at a time when it was in want of restoration.
