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Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán
"La faena del picador", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán

Circa 1850

About the Item

MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ DE GUZMÁN Spanish, 1818 - 1867 LA FAENA DEL PICADOR signed "M. Rodriguez" (lower left) oil on canvas 23 x 34-1/4 inches (58.5 x 87 cm.) framed: 31-5/8 x 43-1/8 inches (81 x 109.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collector, Seville Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán (Seville, June 20, 1818-Madrid, 1867) was a Spanish painter of the Romantic period who excelled in the composition of costumbrista themes. He began painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel de Hungría in his hometown with José Domínguez Becquer. In 1854 he was in Madrid working for the British ambassador, coming to carry out some commissions for the court within the Andalusian circle of Antonio María Esquivel and José Gutiérrez de la Vega, as a very active member of the Society for the Protection of Fine Arts promoted by the first.1 Among his most representative paintings can be cited popular Andalusian scenes, such as the Santiponce Fair (1855, Prado Museum), considered his masterpiece, the Rocío Procession (1853, National Heritage), the Seville Fair (1855, National Heritage) or the Boleras del beso (Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla), and Madrid, such as Lavanderas de Manzanares and Baile campestre en la virgen del Puerto (1856), some of them forming part of a commission from Queen Isabel II to paint typical scenes from each of the Spanish provinces. He also painted scenes of literary inspiration with a costumbrista background, fashionable history paintings, such as the Taking of Vélez by D. Fernando el Católico and Pedro I ordering the corpse of Jesus to be thrown out of a window. his brother, whom he had had assassinated and, exceptionally, a portrait of Eurico, the Gothic King (Museo del Prado), commissioned by José de Madrazo, in response to a request from the queen, for the chronological series of the kings of Spain. In 1856 he obtained an honorable mention at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts for a canvas inspired by Cervantes' novel Rinconete y Cortadillo, with the Monipodio patio treated in the manner of his most characteristic costumbrista scenes.
  • Creator:
    Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán (1818 - 1867, Spanish)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1850
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23.04 in (58.5 cm)Width: 34.26 in (87 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    58.5 x 87 cm.Price: $10,363
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Movement & Style:
    Romantic
  • Period:
    1850-1859
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Madrid, ES
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1281112757242
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