Old Master Paintings & Spanish Colonial Art
Studio attribution dossier by Professor Enrique Valdivieso attached. Oil on canvas, framed measurements: 123 x 113, canvas measurements: 105 x 84 cm. Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán (Seville, June 20, 1818-Madrid, 1867), Spanish painter of the romantic period who stood out in the composition of costumbrista themes. In 1854 he began to work in Madrid for the British ambassador, carrying 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. Among his most representative paintings, popular Andalusian scenes can be cited, such as the Santiponce Fair (1855, Prado Museum), considered his masterpiece, the Rocío Procession (1853, National Heritage). Obtaining in 1856 an honorable mention at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts for a canvas inspired by the Cervantine novel Rinconete y Cortadillo, with the Monipodio patio treated in the manner of his most characteristic costumbrista scenes. Reference bibliography: Preckler, Ana María, Universal Art History of the 19th and 20th Centuries, vol. 1, Madrid, Editorial Complutense, 2003, ISBN 8474917069
