Eugenio Lucas
1817-1870
Priest Declaiming
ca. 1850
6 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches (159 x 225 mm)
Black chalk and brown wash on wove paper.
I, 111e
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1909.
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After Goya.
Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Spanish School, mid-19th cent.
This drawing of an orating priest, gesticulating and brandishing a document, attests to Lucas's affinity with the art of Goya. The masklike faces of the protagonist and onlookers suggest a macabre scene, and the stage from which the priest proclaims adds a theatrical element to the episode. With this work, Lucas not only demonstrated his debt to his predecessor but also paved the way toward an abbreviated approach to figurative expression, foreshadowing his more abstract works. --Exhibition Label, from "Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings"
Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Spanish School, mid-19th cent.
This drawing of an orating priest, gesticulating and brandishing a document, attests to Lucas's affinity with the art of Goya. The masklike faces of the protagonist and onlookers suggest a macabre scene, and the stage from which the priest proclaims adds a theatrical element to the episode. With this work, Lucas not only demonstrated his debt to his predecessor but also paved the way toward an abbreviated approach to figurative expression, foreshadowing his more abstract works. --Exhibition Label, from "Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings"
Associated names
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828, After.
Fortuny, Mariano, 1838-1874, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Spanish School, 19th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Fortuny, Mariano, 1838-1874, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Spanish School, 19th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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