Women on the Balcony witnessing a Zarzuela, 19th century Spanish school, circle of Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán ...

Women on the Balcony witnessing a Zarzuela, 19th century Spanish school, circle of Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán (Seville, June 20, 1818-Madrid, 1867)
Oil on canvas. Framed measurements: 122 x 89, canvas measurements: 96 x 64 cm. Painting belonging to the circle of 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 the most representative paintings of him, 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 its 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