1840
oil
canvas
From the collection of National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
Dominant colour
Portrait of Manuel D. Rodríguez is a 1840 oil by Fernando García del Molino, a Biedermeier work, held at National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina.
This painting shows an older man sitting in a chair. He is wearing a black suit with a white shirt and a black bow tie. His right hand is resting on a book, and his left hand is in his lap. He has white hair and a serious expression. The man is sitting in front of a gray background, and the overall mood of the painting is formal and dignified. The artist has used oil paint to create a realistic and detailed portrait. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and volume in the painting, drawing the viewer's eye to the subject's face and hands. To learn more about this technique, look up chiaroscuro.
Fernando García del Molino (23 March 1813, Santiago — 1899, Buenos Aires) was a Kingdom of Chile-born (later naturalized Argentine) portrait painter, miniaturist and lithographer.
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