Auction 26
HAUTE EPOQUE AND OLD MASTERS
By Templum Fine Art Auctions
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Mar 23, 2023
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LOT 87:
Galante scene "Surprising the curious" Ricardo Villegas y Cordero (Seville 1849-1896), signed and dated Rome 1879
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Galante scene "Surprising the curious" Ricardo Villegas y Cordero (Seville 1849-1896), signed and dated Rome 1879
"Surprising the curious". Oil on canvas. Signed, located and dated (Rome, 79) in the lower left corner. 82.5 x 148.5cm. 186 x 123 framed. Ricardo Villegas Cordero (Seville, 1849 - 1896) was a Spanish painter. He was the brother of the also painter José Villegas Cordero, better known than him. He drowned in the Guadalquivir River, after falling from the boat where he was traveling. Among his works can be found Fish seller or Blacksmith, both presented at the 1887 National Exhibition, which would win a second class gold medal at the 1888 Munich International Exhibition. At the 1890 National Exhibition5 He presented a painting titled The Death of Viriato, which represented the assassination of the Lusitanian leader. He also cultivated orientalist-type painting with North African-inspired themes.
