Twelve oils of Spanish characters, including; A girl with a guitar in traditional dress; A man smoking a cigar; Valencian watercarrier; A Spanish postman; A malateer; A peasant of Leon; A dancer in Maja dress; A Sevillian majo; A Sevillian cabriolet driver; A matador; Female peasant of old Castilla; Male dancer in Maja dress

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Juan Galvez (Spanish, 1774-1847)
Twelve oils of Spanish characters, including; A girl with a guitar in traditional dress; A man smoking a cigar; Valencian watercarrier; A Spanish postman; A malateer; A peasant of Leon; A dancer in Maja dress; A Sevillian majo; A Sevillian cabriolet driver; A matador; Female peasant of old Castilla; Male dancer in Maja dress
all inscribed with details (on the reverse)
the former two are oil on panel, the latter ten are oil on board
the former two are 10¼ x 7 5/8 in. (26 x 19.3 cm.); the latter ten are 9 x 7 in. (22.8 x 17.8 cm.)
12 in the lot (12)

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Lot Essay

Juan Galvez was born at Mora and died in Madrid. He was a student at the academy of San Fernando and was known as a painter and fresco designer, notably painting the interior of the Palace of the Infants at Escurial and murals at the staircase of the Prado museum in Madrid.

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