El pintor Francisco Pradilla Ortiz y los Marqueses de Linares

[EN] When José de Murga, I Marquess of Linares, considered the decoration of his new palace in Madrid ―currently Casa de América―, he wanted to comission the most important Spanish artists of the time. Among them, he chose Francisco Pradilla Ortiz who, in 1886, executed fifteen paintings for the bal...

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Author: Rincón García, Wifredo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/422293
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/422293
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Marquess of Linares
Palace of Linares
House of America
Madrid
José de Murga
Francisco Pradilla
Paintings
Portraits
Marqués de Linares
Palacio de Linares
Casa de América
Pinturas
Retratos
Painters
Contemporary art
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Summary:[EN] When José de Murga, I Marquess of Linares, considered the decoration of his new palace in Madrid ―currently Casa de América―, he wanted to comission the most important Spanish artists of the time. Among them, he chose Francisco Pradilla Ortiz who, in 1886, executed fifteen paintings for the ballroom and two halls. Two years later, he finished the monumental portraits of the marquesses