Description
Spanish school; c. 1880. "Where we will go (Bosnians)". Oil on canvas. It presents faults and losses in the pictorial surface. Measurements: 60 x 89 cm. This work follows the models of the painting created by Joaquín Araujo that is in the collection of the Museo Nacional del Prado. The original piece was presented by Araujo at the National Exhibition of 1884 and bought by the State together with the work "En marcha (bosnios)", a painting with which it formed a pair with scenes that complement each other in a narrative way. The archives of the Prado Museum indicate that "According to the Museum's Copyists' Books, both paintings were copied on more than thirty occasions between 1884 and 1896 by different painters (among them Víctor Esteban Lozano) and amateurs". This painting was made by one of the copyists of the Prado. In its rooms, traditionally a multitude of future artists have had the opportunity to learn, thanks to the copying of the works of the great masters. Despite being a very common practice during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, today the Prado Museum is the only museum in the capital that admits copyists in a reduced way so that they can not interrupt the transit of visitors. It presents faults and losses in the pictorial surface.
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