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Doña Juana la loca by Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz

Doña Juana la loca

Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz · 1878

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Artist
Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz
Date
1878
Location
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
ART MOVEMENTS
Realism
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THE ARTIST

Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz

1848–1921 · Spain

Pradilla painted over 1,000 works, winning Spain's Medal of Honor with a haunting portrait of a mad queen dragging her husband's coffin.

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