Eugenio Lucas Velázquez’s work represents the result of the impression caused by the trial and execution of Jerónimo Merino Cob, the priest Merino, carried out in 1852 as a result of the attempted regicide of Isabel II. The settings in which these intereiores are depicted are caves or dark places, where the protagonists resign themselves to injustice.
Collection: Images
Project: 7. Persecuted by justice and powers: rebels, political dissidents and criminals in the history of Europe., 8. Women and the change for gender equality in Europe.
Chronology: XIX
Scope: Secondary education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on tinplate (33 x 40 cm)
Source: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Language: Spanish
Date: 1850
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: P004414
Copyright: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Abstract: Scene from the 19th century that could show the impression caused by the trial of the priest Merino after the attempted regicide of Isabel II in 1852
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