Portrait bust in which the painter portrayed appears at the age of 28, when he already enjoyed a great friendship with federico de madrazo. From the front, slightly turned to the left, with glasses, a wide mustache and a goatee. On the jacket and standing out against the white of the shirt, a semi-sketched bow made with broad brush strokes that contrast with the drawing finish of the face. The brightness of the lenses gives the look a special intensity, a reflection of the sensitivity and intelligence of the "great benito" as federico himself nicknamed him so many times throughout his life, perhaps in contrast to the jocular "bad murillo" in the mouths of his also great friends palmaroli and rosales (text extracted from gutiérrez, a. In: painted artists. Portraits of painters and sculptors of the 19th century in the prado museum, museo del prado, 1997, p. 80). Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1855. Dimensions: height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. El pintor Benito Soriano Murillo, por Federico de Madrazo
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