Study for Painted Decoration of a Ceiling, Casino de la Reina (Queen's Casino), Madrid, Spain
date: label: Date
content: before 1818
name: label: Artist
content: Vicente López y Portaña, Spanish, 1772–1850
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Study for a ceiling decoration painted for the main salon of a mansion referred to as the "Queen's Casino" in Madrid. Depicts an allegory of the donation of the Casino to Queen María Isabel de Braganza by the City Government of Madrid on the occasion of her wedding to King Fernando VII in 1816. An allegorical female figure representing the city of Madrid sits atop a cloud in the center of the composition. A few cherubs gather and form a circular structure underneath her. Various figures, including both angels and humans, appear in different poses amongst the clouds surrouding her.
place: label: made in
content: Madrid, Spain
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1923-51-1
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black and white chalk on blue paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 56.4 × 38.3 cm (22 3/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 75.6 × 60.3 × 2.9 cm (29 3/4 × 23 3/4 × 1 1/8 in.)