The Friends of the Duchess
Artist
Ignacio de León y Escosura
(Spanish, 1834 - 1901)
Dateca. 1870
Object number59.0129
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions12 7/8 × 15 3/4 × 1/4 in. (32.7 × 40 × 0.6 cm)
frame: 21 3/8 × 18 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (54.3 × 47.9 × 6.4 cm)
frame: 21 3/8 × 18 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (54.3 × 47.9 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
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Not on viewDescriptionThis work is a perfect example of a genre of painting known as tableautin, characterized by small-format pictures usually portraying anecdotes from everyday life. Here, León depicts a woman admiring herself in a mirror, accompanied by four male figures who converse and glance at her figure. Made for an upper-class clientele, the playful and suggestive character of the painting served a mostly decorative purpose. León was one of several Spanish artists who traveled to Paris around 1860, where this style of painting was popular among the upper class, and introduced the genre in Spain upon his return.
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