On a dark background, the artist's cousin and wife is represented in a bust, with a slight turn to the right. She dresses in blue with her shoulders covered by transparent black tulle and with her hair tied up. The painting was made when the young woman was about 21 years old and some time before her marriage, and in it, rosales addresses and expresses with great freedom feelings of tenderness and love towards the sitter. In addition to the obvious velazquez influence, it is worth highlighting the fast and loose technique of its execution combined with more modern elements very close to some aspects of the work of manet or degas, especially highlighted in the plasticity of some objects such as the tulle, the flower on the neckline or the belt buckle. The work was painted on a rectangular frame, to be framed in an oval. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: circa 1860. Dimensions: height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 43 cm (16.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Maximina Martínez de Pedrosa. Collection: Museo del Prado. Maximina Martínez de la Pedrosa, esposa del artista, por Eduardo Rosales
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