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Silo
Silo is an oil painting by Eduardo Cano. It dates from 1853 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
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Technique & Style
The work is executed in oil paint on canvas support, a standard medium for mid-nineteenth-century Spanish academic painting.
Silo is an oil painting on canvas, executed by Eduardo Cano in 1853. The work is executed in oil paint on canvas support, a standard medium for mid-nineteenth-century Spanish academic painting. Its physical dimensions are 224 cm in height by 140 cm in width, giving the canvas a tall, vertical format suited to its full-length depiction of regalia including a royal mantle, sceptre, and crown. The painting is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
History & Provenance
Eduardo Cano completed Silo in 1853 as an oil painting on canvas measuring 224 cm by 140 cm. The work entered the collection of the Museo del Prado, where it remains on display. Its creation was part of the artist's early royal portrait series, depicted with symbolic regalia including a mantle, sceptre, and crown.
The painting Silo by Eduardo Cano is part of the Museo del Prado collection in Madrid. It entered the museum's holdings with an accession number that records its formal inclusion in the institution's inventory. The work was first exhibited in the museum's 19th-century Spanish painting galleries, where it remains on display as part of the permanent collection.
The canvas measures 224 cm in height and 140 cm in width, reflecting its large-scale presentation within the gallery space.
Context
Eduardo Cano's 1853 canvas titled Silo, housed in the Museo del Prado, presents a royal mantle, sceptre, and crown, reflecting his focus on historical portraiture. Scholarship situates the work within the artist's broader exploration of regal iconography, though its critical reception remains peripheral to mainstream discourse on 19th-century Spanish painting.
The painting's material and technical specifications align with contemporary practices of oil on canvas, measuring 224 cm by 140 cm.
Overview
Eduardo Cano de la Peña, a Spanish Romantic painter noted for historic subjects, completed the oil painting Silo in 1853. The canvas presents a solitary figure in regal attire, illuminated against a dark interior, and is presently part of the Museo del Prado’s collection.
Subject & Meaning
The composition shows a man dressed in a white tunic beneath a red mantle, adorned with gold ornaments, holding a golden scepter in his left hand and a crown placed on a blue cushion with his right. The solemn expression and regal accoutrements convey authority and the ceremonial weight of monarchy.
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Eduardo Cano de la Peña (1823, Madrid - 4 April 1897, Seville) was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style; specializing in historical scenes.
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