Artwork
Don Pedro Benítez and his daughter María de la Cruz
Don Pedro Benítez and his daughter María de la Cruz is an oil painting by Rafael Tejeo. It dates from 1820 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
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Subject & Meaning
The painting shows Don Pedro Benítez alongside his daughter María de la Cruz, rendered in oil on canvas. The composition includes a piano, an open book, and a gemstone, elements that suggest domestic virtue and familial harmony. Created in 1820 by Rafael Tejeo, the work is housed in the Museo del Prado, where it is part of the institution’s collection.
Technique & Style
These elements suggest a focus on cultivated domestic refinement and learned accomplishment, consistent with the academic portrait conventions of the period.
The work is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard combination for early nineteenth-century Spanish portraiture. Its support measures 174 cm in height by 128 cm in width, a sizable upright format appropriate for a full-length double portrait.
Stylistically, the canvas presents Don Pedro Benítez alongside his daughter María de la Cruz in a composition that incorporates a piano, a book, and a gemstone among the depicted attributes. These elements suggest a focus on cultivated domestic refinement and learned accomplishment, consistent with the academic portrait conventions of the period.
History & Provenance
The double portrait Don Pedro Benítez and his daughter María de la Cruz was painted by Rafael Tejeo in 1820.
The work entered the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid, where it remains held. Its dimensions are 174 cm in height and 128 cm in width, executed in oil on canvas.
Don Pedro Benítez and his daughter María de la Cruz, an 1820 oil on canvas by Rafael Tejeo, is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado. The painting, measuring 174 cm in height and 128 cm in width, forms part of the museum's holdings as documented in its institutional records.
No specific exhibition history or accession number is recorded in the available sources.
Overview
Don Pedro Benítez and his daughter María de la Cruz is a portrait painted in oil by Rafael Tegeo Díaz in 1820. It is part of the Museo del Prado's collection.
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Artist
Rafael Tegeo Díaz (27 November 1798, Caravaca de la Cruz - 3 October 1856, Madrid) was a Spanish Neoclassical painter, known primarily for his portraits. His name is sometimes spelled Tejeo.
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