PALENCIA, GATE OF MONZON. OIL ON CANVAS. SPANISH SCHOOL (A. RODRÍGUEZ), 19TH CENTURY.

View of Palencia, Puerta del Monzón. Oil on canvas. Spanish school (A. Rodríguez), 19th century. Has damage. Landscape that shows a wall of a town or city in the foreground and a tower with a belfry in the background on the right, accompanied by houses, etc. This type of scene and its execution (brushstrokes, colors, taste for ruins, etc.) were common in European schools of the 19th century, in line with a series of postulates and tastes that arose, in large part, thanks to the Pictorial romanticism. The image shows the Puerta del Monzón of the walls of Palencia, with the city cathedral in the background, in a way very close to how it could be seen in 19th century paintings and in engravings such as a lithograph from volume 9 of the series “ Memories and beauties of Spain” (Lithograph "Puerta de Monzón (Palencia)". Taken from nature by FX Parcerisa; lithographed by S. Isla. Lit. by J. Donon, [1861]).

· Size: 62x4x45 cms.