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    • LUIS BLESA Y PRATS (Valencia, 1875 - c. 1934) "Knight with ruff", 1893
      Jul. 19, 2023

      LUIS BLESA Y PRATS (Valencia, 1875 - c. 1934) "Knight with ruff", 1893

      Est: €45 - €60

      Pen on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 9.5 x 6.5 cm.

      Ansorena
    • LUIS BLESA Y PRATS (Valencia, 1875—ca. 1934) "Reynaldo and Armida". Oil on canvas. Triptych. It has perforation on the left side. It has slight defects in the maro. Signed, titled and dated in the lower left corner.
      Dec. 13, 2022

      LUIS BLESA Y PRATS (Valencia, 1875—ca. 1934) "Reynaldo and Armida". Oil on canvas. Triptych. It has perforation on the left side. It has slight defects in the maro. Signed, titled and dated in the lower left corner.

      Est: €4,000 - €5,000

      LUIS BLESA Y PRATS (Valencia, 1875-ca. 1934) "Reynaldo and Armida". Oil on canvas. Triptych. It has a perforation on the left side. It has slight damage to the maro. Signed, titled and dated in the lower left corner. Measurements: 110 x 51 cm (x2); 122 x 150 cm; 134 x 284 cm (frame). Triptych with frame made by the author, which presents a theme based on the text "Jerusalem liberated", written by Torcuato Tasso. The work tells the story of Rinaldo, a Christian warrior, and Armida, who has been sent to prevent the Christians from completing their mission and is about to assassinate Rinaldo while he sleeps, but instead falls in love and creates an enchanted garden where she captures him as a prisoner. Finally, two of Rinaldo's companions find him and place a shield over his face so that he can see his image and remember who he is. Rinaldo can barely resist Armida's pleas, but his comrades insist that he return to his Christian duties. At the end of the poem, when the pagans have lost the final battle, Rinaldo, remembering his promise, prevents Armida from giving in to her suicidal impulses and offers to return her to her lost throne. She yields to this and becomes a Christian. Luis Blesa was a teacher at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia, where he studied. He regularly submitted his works to art competitions and contests and was awarded an honourable mention at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1897 and a third medal at the 1910 edition. A Spanish painter specialising in religious themes, the present work is a smaller copy of the canvas painted by Velázquez around 1631-32, now in the Museo del Prado (248 x 169 cm). It is one of the most famous works by the Sevillian master, and was painted for the convent of the Benedictine nuns of San Placido in Madrid. It is said to have been donated by Philip IV as a token of repentance after having seduced a nun who was professing there. It is a work of unusual modernity and elegance, with the figure of Christ vividly illuminated by a tenebrist light, standing out against a dark, neutral background. Special mention should be made of the head, fallen on the chest, with a lock of hair that hides part of the face, a seemingly simple device but one that multiplies the pathos of the image. In this work Velázquez achieves such serenity, majesty and humanity that it has become the best known and most effective image of Spanish devotion.

      Setdart Auction House
    • LUIS BLESA Y PRATS. (Valencia, 1875 - c. 1934). "Gentleman with a ruff", 1893. 9,5 x 6,5 cm
      Apr. 05, 2022

      LUIS BLESA Y PRATS. (Valencia, 1875 - c. 1934). "Gentleman with a ruff", 1893. 9,5 x 6,5 cm

      Est: €75 - €100

      Signed and dated in the lower right corner "Blesa/93" . Pen on paper. 9,5 x 6,5 cm

      Ansorena
    • LUIS BLESA PRATS
      Feb. 25, 2014

      LUIS BLESA PRATS

      Est: -

      (Valencia, último tercio del siglo XIX y primeras décadas del XX). "Escena cortesana", óleo sobre lienzo, 81x44 cm.

      Sala de Ventas
    • LUIS BLESA PRATS
      May. 14, 2013

      LUIS BLESA PRATS

      Est: -

      (Valencia, último tercio del siglo XX y primeras décadas del XX). "Escena cortesana", óleo sobre lienzo, 81x44 cm.Pintor especializado en temas religiosos, aunque también destacó en la iconografía dieciochesca. Fue profesor de la Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlo de Valencia, donde realizó sus estudios. Fue galardonado, con mención honorífica, en la Exposición de Belllas Artes de 1897. Actualmente se conservan obras suyas en el Museo del Prado de Madrid.

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