Artwork
Tomando el sol
Tomando el sol is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Ramir Lorenzale i Rogent. It dates from 1896 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
About this work
Technique & Style
The palette is subdued, with earth tones and muted highlights that emphasize the stillness of the moment.
Executed in oil on canvas in 1890, the work measures 60 cm in height by 110 cm in width. The handling is consistent with academic naturalism of the period, employing smooth, blended brushwork to render the scene with careful modeling of light and shadow. Compositionally, the painting centers on a seated figure in an interior setting, framed by architectural elements and softened daylight that registers as a quiet, domestic atmosphere. The palette is subdued, with earth tones and muted highlights that emphasize the stillness of the moment.
History & Provenance
The work Tomando el sol by Ramir Lorenzale i Rogent is dated to 1890, as recorded in the Museo del Prado’s collection entry and corroborated by the artist’s catalogue raisonné.
The painting entered the Museo del Prado’s holdings as part of its permanent collection, where it remains located. The Prado’s record assigns the work the accession number P006351, aligning with its institutional inventory of works by Lorenzale Rogent.
The oil painting Tomando el sol, created by Ramir Lorenzale i Rogent in 1890, is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Within the museum's holdings, the work is assigned the inventory number P006351. The painting, which measures 60 cm in height and 110 cm in width, depicts a scene involving a seat and a carriage.
The provided sources do not contain specific details regarding the work's exhibition history or prior provenance beyond its current institutional location.
Context
Tomando el sol (1890) by Ramir Lorenzale i Rogent is an oil painting on canvas measuring 60 cm by 110 cm, currently housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The work depicts a sunlit scene with a seat and carriage, reflecting 19th-century Spanish artistic interests in leisure and bourgeois domesticity. Its formal qualities and thematic content have been analyzed within the broader trajectory of Spanish academic painting, situating it amid contemporary debates about naturalism and compositional balance.
Scholarship on the piece remains limited, though its inclusion in the Prado’s collection underscores its significance within the artist’s oeuvre and the museum’s holdings of regional 19th-century works.
Overview
“Tomando el sol” is an oil painting executed in 1896 by the Catalan artist Ramir Lorenzale i Rogent. The work measures a modest size and is part of the permanent collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid. It portrays a lively urban street, rendered with a naturalistic eye for light and atmosphere.
Subject & Meaning
The canvas captures a bustling thoroughfare where a black horse‑drawn carriage moves past a group of pedestrians. Central to the composition is a woman in a white dress edged with red, surrounded by children and adults in period attire. The scene reflects everyday leisure and social interaction in a late‑19th‑century city.
Artist & collection
Artist
Ramir Lorenzale i Rogent (1859–1917) was an artist, born in Barcelona.
