DECORATIVE PAINTINGS
1. Agriculture.
Represented by a female figure, amply draped, holding a sickle, and gracefully accepting fruit and flowers. In the upper part of the picture, which is painted in distemper on canvas, are two signs of the Zodiac, Scorpio and Libra. Landscape background. Circular medallion.
Library of the Minister of Marine, Madrid.
2. Industry.
In the foreground two women are busy at their spinning-wheels. In the distance other figures are occupied in similar work. Circular medallion.
Library of the Minister of Marine, Madrid.
3. Commerce.
Seated at a table two figures in Moorish costume are writing; in the mid-distance two others are examining a book. In the foreground bales of goods and a stork. Circular medallion.
Library of the Minister of Marine, Madrid.
4. An Allegory.
In the upper part of the picture Fame is sounding a trumpet. The heraldic shield of Madrid is supported by a classic figure; while a child holds aloft a medallion on which is inscribed ‘2 de Mayo.’ The date is an allusion to the massacre in the streets of Madrid and the downfall of Joseph Buonaparte.
Ayuntamiento, Madrid.
5. An Allegory.
In the foreground a child leans against a column having upon it geometric figures; two children support a tablet inscribed with algebraic numbers. In the background groups of students. The arms of Spain prominent in the centre of the picture.
6. Truth the Daughter of Time.
A small picture in the collection of Don José Martinez Espinosa, Madrid.
7. The Apotheosis of Music.
On a rock from which a cascade descends, a presiding genius is seated; near her, in the air, three nude figures are floating; one holds a baton with which he is conducting an angelic choir, another bears a trumpet, and a third the cymbals. A group composed of three mortals hearken attentively.
In the possession of Don Luis Navas, Madrid.
8. Spain creating History.
Old Chronos is taking by the hand a figure bearing the records of Spain. A classic figure, seated, pen in hand, prepares to enrol the chronicles.
In the possession of Don Luis Navas, Madrid.