Escuela española, primera mitad del siglo XIX.

Spanish school, first half of the 19th century.
Untitled.
Oil on canvas.
Frame with lack of polychromy and signs of old xylophages.
It can make pair with the lot 35246883
Measurements: 40 x 31 cm; 50 x 42 cm (frame).
Image of mythological inspiration showing a young woman who seems to be a nymph holding a light garment which is attached to her waist, underlining her forms, in a similar way to how Greek statuary worked the bodies with the technique of "wet cloths". Stylistically, the piece is part of the neoclassicism that pervaded the aesthetics of the second third of the 19th century.
Aesthetically, it should be noted that academicism is a direct legacy of classicism, hence the predilection for themes such as the one presented here, taken from mythology, although captured from a sensual and decorative point of view far removed from the solemnity of ancient classical art. This also explains his approach to the subject, recreating the mythological figures in a completely new way. Nevertheless, we can appreciate an ideal of beauty that is not based on reality, although the painter's study of nature is undeniable, but rather an idealism based on reality through his sum of experience, that is to say, an aesthetic sublimation that reflects a beauty that transcends reality.