Study for Painted Decoration of a Ceiling, Casino de la Reina (Queen's Casino), Madrid, Spain, Vicente López y Portaña, Spanish, 1772–1850, Black and white chalk on blue paper, Study for a ceiling decoration painted for the main salon of a mansion referred to as the 'Queen's Casino' in Madrid. Depicts an allegory of the donation of the Casino to Queen María Isabel de Braganza by the City Government of Madrid on the occasion of her wedding to King Fernando VII in 1816. An allegorical female figure representing the city of Madrid sits atop a cloud in the center of the composition. A few cherubs gather and form a circular structure underneath her. Various figures, including both angels and humans, appear in different poses amongst the clouds surrouding her., Madrid, Spain, before 1818, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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