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Identifier: franciscodezurba00casc (find matches)
Title: Francisco de Zurbaran; his epoch, his life and his works
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Cascales y Muñoz, José, 1865- Evans, Nellie Seelye, "Mrs. Dudley Evans," tr
Subjects: Zurbarán, Francisco, 1598-1664
Publisher: New York, Priv. print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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henotices contained in it refer to the companions of thesepictures, I think it appropriate to reproduce here the fol-lowing paragraphs: This magnificent collection which the Cadiz citizensshow with real pride, and which constitutes the most se-lect of the Museum was once much more numerous; butowing to scandalous events and fatal circumstances, ithas been reduced to eighteen canvases. . . . Belonging to this beautiful collection 36 were twelvemore paintings. Six of them which were particularly finerepresented the Virgin of the Rosary ivith some Monks,the Circumcision, the Adoration of the Kings, the Na-tivity, the Annunciation of the Angel to Mary and aMoorish Battle, all of which were sold in the year 1837causing great scandal which reached the Cortes, and asthis act was entirely against the rules of the Artistic Com-mission of Cadiz, of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts ofSan Fernando, as well as those of the Academy of Cadiz,all their members protested against such censurable sale, 54
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PRINCE BALTASARKaiser Frederick Museum, Berlin. and the deceitful and unexpected manner in which it waseffected. The other six remaining ones disappeared with manyoriginal works of Spanish and foreign masters. The great artistic value of these lost canvases is clearlyindicated by the sums for which they were sold, althoughat a really low price, as proved by the copy of the bill ofsale which is preserved in the Archives of the Royal Acad-emy of San Fernando. The sale was effected in the name of D. José Cuesta,resident of Seville, and runs as follows: For a picturewhich represents the Virgin of the Rosary with someMonks, 200,000 reales. Another representing the Cir-cumcision, at 8o,000 reales. For another which repre-sents the Adoration of the Kings, 40,000 reales. For an-other one, the Nativity, 40,000, and for another onewhich represents a Moorish Battle, 40,000, forming atotal of 22,000 duros. Five of these paintings were later seen in the gallery ofthe Duke of Montpensier, in the p

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