1868
oil
canvas
From the collection of National Museum of Western Art
La Siesta, Memory of Spain is a 1868 oil by Gustave Doré, held at National Museum of Western Art.
La Siesta, Memory of Spain is an oil‑on‑canvas work painted in 1868 by the French artist Gustave Doré. It belongs to his later period and is part of the collection at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo. The painting reflects Doré’s fascination with Spanish culture, a theme he explored after traveling through Spain in the 1860s. If you’re curious to learn more, look up artist: Gustave Doré.
La Siesta, Memory of Spain is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Gustave Doré, from 1868. The work is housed in the National Museum of Western Art, in Tokyo. It reflects Doré’s interest in Spanish culture following his travels in Spain during the 1860s.
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Sold at Christie’s, London, on 29 November 1991 (lot 50); it was subsequently part of the Ishizuka Collection, Tokyo; and acquired by the NMWA in 2006.
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Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor.
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