Descanso en la corrida de toros (2)

Author

Agrasot Juan * Joaquín

Discipline

Painting

Theme

Costumbrist

Technique

Watercolor

Support

Paper

Place

Date

Height (cm)

47

Width (cm)

31

Owner

Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza

Owner website

https://www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org

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Info about artwork:

Appearing in commerce as Lagartijo con su cuadilla, this work shows us a group of bullfighters talking to each other on the sand of the ring waiting for the announcement of the first bull, perhaps identifiable by Rafael Molina "Lagartijo" on the right of the composition. The characters that occupy the entire painting in the foreground, some sitting on the stirrup, are perfect portraits taken from life, probably on the same day of the festival. Likewise, Agrasot demonstrates his knowledge and love for the art of bullfighting, by skillfully carrying out a perfect study of the clothing of the bullfighters and also of the picador, this one in the alley. We know of the Alicante painter, in addition to this watercolor, a canvas titled Before the bullfight in the Valencia bullring, which was presented at the Paris Exhibition in 1878, and was acquired by a Viennese private individual. It tells the background of the bullfighting festival, what happens behind the scenes before the procession begins. We find an engraving of this painting in The Spanish and American Illustration (May 5, 1880, p. 293). In addition, a portrait of Rafael Molina toasting the death of a bull in the Plaza de Valencia appeared in the collection of Mr. Terol de Solís – among other paintings by Agrasot himself – an engraving of whose canvas entitled The Toast appears in the magazine Illustration Artistic (July 4, 1892). This watercolor is surely the one cited by the Baron of Alcahalí as «In the square. Group of bullfighters before starting the fight. Watercolor", and again as "Rest at the bullfight. Watercolor, painted in 1881» in the monograph written by Antonio Sequeros. Furthermore, we want to add that a drawing of this painting was published by Almela y Vives (along with the portrait of Lagartijo), in the magazine Valencia Attraction in August 1961, a drawing probably taken from an illustration that we can see in the first year of life from the magazine Illustration Artística (October 1882), where it is signed and dated in Valencia in the year 1881 and where it is indicated that this illustration comes from a watercolor. In this regard, it should be noted that the illustration to which we refer, in addition to offering us the date and place where it was made, shows greater development on its left side, making the cape that rests on the stirrup more visible, as well as a number five on the decorative rhombus on the wall. Furthermore, recently, Lorenzo Hernández has pointed out the relationship of this watercolor with the work by José Villegas The rest of the cuadrilla, oil on panel (56 x 40 cm) from 1870, located in a private collection. Vicente Samper

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