English school following models of the late eighteenth century; nineteenth century. "Portrait of children". Oil on canvas.

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  English school following models of the late eighteenth century; nineteenth century. "Portrait of children". Oil on canvas. Presents remains of the label of the Board of seizure. Measurements: 123 x 100 cm; 145 x 123 cm (frame). In this canvas the author captures a child portrait in which both protagonists have been immortalized with great dignity and composure, a sign of their social position. Although their physical features correspond to young children. However, in spite of the innocence of both, the author has psychologically captured the role of each of the characters, one of them, the younger one, holds a bunch in one of his hands, which he raises to show it to the viewer. While the older brother holds it and at the same time directs it, adopting a serious and responsible posture. This psychological difference between the two characters is also reflected in their clothing, which differs from each other. The delicacy of the skin, warmly illuminated, and the richness of the details that can be appreciated in the clothes stand out. This type of work was common in the English school, which had experienced a splendor of child portraiture, especially in the figure of Joshua Reynolds. In these works the English artist managed to combine the delicacy of the infants portrayed with the responsibilities and social role that these children occupied in society. As in the rest of Europe, the portrait became in the 19th century the leading genre par excellence in Spanish painting, as a consequence of the new social structures that were established in the Western world throughout this century, embodying the maximum expression of the transformation of taste and mentality of the new clientele, which emerged among the nobility and the wealthy upper middle class, who would take the reins of history in this period. While official circles gave preponderance to other artistic genres, such as history painting, and the incipient collecting encouraged the profusion of costume paintings, portraiture monopolized the demand for painting destined for the more private sphere, as a reflection of the value of the individual in the new society. This genre embodies the permanent presence of the image of its protagonists, to be enjoyed in the intimacy of a studio, in the daily warmth of a family cabinet or presiding over the main rooms of the house.
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