Juan Bauzà y Mas Palma de Mallorca 1844 - 1915

In the artist's collection at the time of his death in 1915;
By inheritance to his son Sebastià Bauzà Guanyabens;
With Galerias Costa by 1948;
In the private collection of José Costa Ferrer;
Thence by descent until recently.

L. Ripoll & J. Costa Ferrer, Juan Bauzà, La Pintura Mallorquina en el Siglo XIX, Mallorca 1948, reproduced;
Exhibition catalogue, Joan Bauzà, Palma, Casal Solleric, December 1992 - January 1993, p. 112, reproduced.

This painting by Juan Bauzà is dateable circa 1865, the year after the artist entered the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid. It represents a collage of a selection of the most celebrated Spanish, Flemish and Italian masterpieces within the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid, which had a profound effect on the artist's work. The paintings depicted within the scene represent (starting from top left): Portrait of Jacob Gaultier by Van Dyck; The Holy Family by Rubens; Danäe by Titian; Portrait of Count Hendrick van den Bergh by Van Dyck; Portrait of A Gentleman with a Gold Chain by Tintoretto; Portrait of Paul du Pont by Van Dyck; Portrait of Sir Endymion Porter and the Artist by Van Dyck; Portrait of Juan Martínez Montañés by Velázquez; Mercury and Argus by Velázquez; Jacob's Dream by Ribera; Saints Anthony Abbot and Paul by Velázquez; Pablo de Valladolid by Velázquez; Portrait of La Infanta Doña Margarita of Austria by Velázquez; The God Mars by Velázquez; Portrait of El Bufón called 'Don Juan de Austria' by Velázquez; and Portrait of El Infante Don Carlos by Velázquez.