Two fishermen, one with a rod and the other seated

1785. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

This painting belongs to a collection of papeboard for the tapestries destined to decorate the rooms of the Princes of Asturias in the Palace of El Pardo in Madrid. A series of ten designs with seafaring themes were commissioned for the Ladies´ Piece in the Princess´s Room, this being one of them. The tapestry made from this papeboard is currently in the Palace of the Bourbons in the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2015, p.238

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Inventory number: P003823
Author: Zacarías González Velázquez
Title: Two fishermen, one with a rod and the other seated
Date: 1785
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Height: 174 cm; Width: 135 cm
Provenance: Acquired from the Artist for the Royal Tapestry Factory; 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. 238.

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