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Holding his spectacles in his right hand, the subject of this portrait gazes at the viewer. He has momentarily left the composition he is working on, which is dated 1844 and is partially legible. It is precisely this element that enabled the subject to be identified as Urbano Aspa (C. Díaz Pascual 2015), a composer of religious music who was also a close friend of the painter’s family. In t
Retrato de óvalo, de busto y tres cuartos, con la mirada fija en el espectador y expresión relajada. La mano derecha del retratado sujeta, a la altura del pecho, el vuelo de la capa que lleva echada al hombro izquierdo mostrando un forro rojo, que oculta parcialmente su corbata de lazo sobre camisa blanca.Ricardo Bellver y Ramón era hijo, sobrino y nieto de escultores valencianos; su padre se habí
Retrato del pintor Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, 1848-Madrid, 1921). Obra que destaca por la enorme soltura empleada para su ejecución y la espontaneidad que emana del retrato, que es capaz de reflejar con sumo acierto el ambiente de esfuerzo y estudio que se respiraba entre los primeros pensionados de la Academia Española de Bellas Artes de Roma. Esta promoción, ademá
Under the reign of Emperor Maximilian, Deacon Sebastian was tortured and finally dumped in Rome´s main sewer, the Cloaca Maxima. The Emperor hoped that he would never be found there by the Christians, who would consider him a new martyr. Nevertheless, through a dream, the devout Lucina discovered where his body was and, with the help of her servants, carried his body to the catacombs to be buried
