Spanish school; Follower of Eugenio Lucas Velázquez, XIX century.
"Goyaesque characters".
Oil on canvas.
Preserves period frame with faults.
Presents apocryphal signature in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 49 x 60 cm; 63 x 75 cm (frame).
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Spanish school; follower of EUGENIO LUCAS VELÁZQUEZ (Madrid, 1817 - 1870), XIX century.
"Goyaesque characters".
Oil on canvas.
Preserves period frame with faults.
Presents apocryphal signature in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 49 x 60 cm; 63 x 75 cm (frame).
This type of themes in which young women were represented dressed as majas, being harassed by men or with older women as a celestina, became popular during the time. These images were used as a criticism of the society of the time, being one of its greatest representatives Eugenio Lucas Velázquez.
Mentioned since the 19th century as Eugenio Lucas Padilla, or Eugenio Lucas the Elder, he was the Spanish Romantic artist who best understood Goya's art. Trained in the neoclassicism of the Academy of San Fernando, he soon turned his training around and dedicated himself to the study of Velázquez and, above all, Goya, whose works he admired and copied in the Prado Museum. In Goya's painting, Lucas Velázquez found the starting point to develop an imaginative personal painting, of fantastic visions and unleashed passions, within the purest romantic style. He also took the subject matter from Goya, and painted scenes of the Inquisition, covens, pilgrimages and bullfights. He also painted, in 1850, the now disappeared ceiling of the Royal Theater of Madrid, and later he was named honorary chamber painter and knight of the order of Carlos III by Queen Isabel II. As a good romantic, he made several trips, among which his stays in Italy, Morocco and Paris stand out.
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