Three Sailors Throwing a Net and a Woman Selling Fish

1784. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

This work was made from a sketch on canvas by Mariano Salvador Maella (1739–1819), also located in the Museo del Prado collections (P875). It is part of a set of cartoons for the tapestries intended to decorate the rooms of the Prince and Princess of Asturias in the Palace of El Pardo in Madrid. This is one of the ten designs with seafaring themes which were commissioned for the Pieza de Damas in the Princess´s Bedroom. The tapestry made from this cardboard is currently located in the Salón de Consejillos –the official outer office of the Palace of El Pardo– (PN-10072420).

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2015, p.236

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Oil on canvas, 1784

Mariano Salvador Maella

Inventory number: P006215
Author: Zacarías González Velázquez
Title: Three Sailors Throwing a Net and a Woman Selling Fish
Date: 1784
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Width: 425 cm; Height: 270 cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist for Real Fábrica de Tapices; Museo de la Trinidad, 1870–1872.
Entry date: 1872

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Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 236.