Manuel García y Rodríguez

Original canvas, strip-lined along the extreme edges. There are scattered spots of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably under the signature at the lower right, and two spots to the sky at the upper left. Apart from three small tears (patched on the reverse), one at the left of the lower edge and two along the extreme right edge, and scattered craquelure, notably to the sky, this work is in good condition, with rich colours and fine detail. Held in a wide, decorative, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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The gate depicted in the present work was part of the Palace of the Dukes of Arcos in Marchena. When the palace was acquired by the Spanish Crown at the beginning of the 20^th Century, the gate was relocated to the Garden at the Royal Alcázar in Seville circa 1913, by request of the Marquiss de la Vega Inclán.