Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz (Spanish, 1848-1921)
Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz (Spanish, 1848-1921)

Preparatory study for Juana la Loca

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Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz (Spanish, 1848-1921)
Preparatory study for Juana la Loca
signed, inscribed and dated 'F.Pradilla esp Juana la Loca. Diciembre 1876.' (lower right); and inscribed 'Estudio pintado de mi mano para mi cuadro "Juana la Loca", el año 1876, (españa- Roma.) y conservado en mi estudio hasta el presente año. Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz. año 1916' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
17¼ x 22¾ in. (43.8 x 57.7 cm.)
Painted in 1876
Sale room notice
We thank Mr.D Roman Garcia Rama for authenticating this work.

Lot Essay

Painted in 1876 the present work is a highly finished preparatory study for Pradilla's hugely successful painting Juana la Loca completed in 1877 (A. Garcia Loranca and J. Ramon Garcia-Rama, Vida y obra del pintor Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, no. 40, illustrated p. 324). The finished painting was awarded a Medal of Honour at the 1878 Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes and now hangs in the Prado Museum, Madrid. The present work hung in the artist's studio until 1916.

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