I have just found an interesting news, that I would like to share with you. This article reads as follows: The Prado placed one of its paintings "unlocated".
Yesterday, The Prado Museum has recovered a painting, as shown, on its inventory, as "not localized", one representing the Queen Maria Cristina de Borbon, by Luis de la Cruz and Rios, and that was in a private collection, the art gallery has been reported, in a note.
The Queen Maria Cristina de Borbón
The work, which has been delivered, to the Prado, yesterday, by its current owner, Manuel Linares, is registered, as an anonymous author, in the inventory of paintings from the Spanish Royal Collection, published in 1990, with the number 2796 of seat, a figure that is painted in red, on the lower left corner of the canvas.
After a restoration, commissioned by the current holder of the piece, it appeared the signature of the author, Luis de la Cruz and Rios, who was called the Canarian, for being a native from the Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Canary Islands).
The Director of El Prado, Miguel Zugaza,beside the work and who was its owner, Manuel Linares
This painting, filed in 1908 by the Prado, in the then Ministry of Governance, "was acquired in good faith, in October 1967, by Manuel Linares Barrero, to the National Delegation of Social Aid, with several pieces of furniture, one carpet, other 6 paintings and 2 trucks of scrap", explains, in its note, the museum. "Hence, in the different revisions, made since 1978, has not been located, in its storage place", it adds.
Luis de la Cruz and Rios (Puerto de la Cruz, 1776 - Antequera, 1853) was the son of a woodcarver, estofador (a man who applies a technique of polychrome wood) and painter, and made his studies, at La Laguna, where he would be, years later, a teacher, at its School of Drawing. He was appointed Mayor of his hometown, in 1807, and, eight years later, he traveled to Madrid and, being a supporter of the King Ferdinand VII, he managed to portray the monarch, who granted the honors painter, the following year.
He made numerous portraits of various members of the royal family, and he specialized, in making miniatures, activity for which he is best known and which can be seen an autograph example, in the “room 100” of the building Villanueva, next to the Treasure of the Dolphin.
After several years of research work and inventorying, the Prado has already located 860 records, which, cause of loan or poor inventorying, are out of its control.
After this "discovery", they would still are 884, --corresponding 748 to works from the Museum of the Trinity and the Museum of Modern Art--. In 1872, the collections of the Museum of the Trinity were attached to the Prado and, many of them, were "scattered", without "even" to effectively enter the collections of the Prado, as explained by this art gallery.
Alongside these works, the public prosecutor´s office report identified another group, corresponding to deposits (temporary or indefinite transfer to other entities), previously made by the defunct Museum of Modern Art, whose collections, of the nineteenth century, were also ascribed to the Prado, in 1971.
The Prado, which has 3,310 works, deposited in 278 institutions, has always had a policy of not terminate any work, since there is no evidence of its destruction or ultimate demise.
Did you know that restaurateurs do not leave their perfect works?. I did not know it, until a friend of mine, painter and restorer, said it to me; he explained me that restaurateurs do not complete restoration and not leave, for example a painting, perfect, so you know this picture is restored. Curious, right ?.
Well, I think it is very important that the owner of that portrait of the Queen Maria Cristina of Borbón has given this painting to the Prado Museum. I hope that you can go, to Madrid, in order to see this portrait and another paintings.
Until my next post, kind regards,
Luis.
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