Spanish school; c. 1900.

Spanish school; c. 1900.
"Bourgeois scene".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
It presents apocryphal signature in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 72 x 100 cm: 93 x 122 cm (frame).
Bourgeois scene worked with great attention to detail, a strong descriptive spirit and a special care of the play of light and the qualities of the fabrics, following the masters of the nineteenth century. This type of scenes, with a gallant and hedonistic theme, cheerful and colorful, worked with a precious and descriptive workmanship, were frequent during the second half of the 19th century and extended during the 20th century, within the context of historicism. They belong to the genre called "de casacones" in Spain, and "tableautin" in France, characterized by works inspired by an idealized past, frequently from the 17th and 18th centuries, normally of small or medium format and destined to an eminently bourgeois clientele. One of the first examples of this genre is "Il Contino", by Mariano Fortuny, dated 1861 and preserved in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia.