Moorish Scene by Moonlight
Artist
Eugenio Lucas Velázquez
(Spanish, 1817 - 1870)
Date1860
Object number59.0119
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions22 15/16 × 26 1/16 in. (58.2 × 66.2 cm)
frame: 31 × 39 × 2 in. (78.7 × 99.1 × 5.1 cm)
frame: 31 × 39 × 2 in. (78.7 × 99.1 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Collections
On View
Not on viewDescriptionPainted as a pair to "Moorish Scene at Sunset" also by Eugenio Lucas, this landscape displays the progression of the multitude along their journey. The artist continues to exemplify the nineteenth-century fascination for Moorish subject matter, a common theme in the Romantic taste. Lucas again applies thick impasto but uses more chiaroscuro to create a stark contrast reminiscent of the work of his biggest influence: Goya.
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