As the dedication indicates, this portrait reflects the close friendship between the artist and Eduardo Zamacois (1841-1871), his friend and fellow artist in Paris. Despite the portrait’s restrained, intimate nature, defined by its format and dark tonalities, the sitter is elegantly presented and enlivened by the red of his beret.
Trapier, E., Martin Rico y Ortega in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America, The Trustees, Nueva York, 1937, pp. lám. LXXXVII.
Artistas pintados: retratos de pintores y escultores del siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Dirección Gener, Madrid, 1997.
Zamacois, Fortuny, Meissonier, 2006, pp. 150-152.
European paintings, Sotheby´s London, 2011-11-22, pp. lote 88.
Barón, J, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta 'El pintor Eduardo Zamacois' En: Memoria de actividades 2011, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2012, pp. 42-44.
Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado. Catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 356.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2827.
à E. Zamacois / su amigo / R. Madrazo / 1864 / Paris 1863
Signed and dated.
Front, lower left corner
Casa comercial Paris HARDY
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Giovanni Boldini y España
Madrid
17.09.2019 - 12.01.2020
Room 062A (On Display)
Cap: Boina roja
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