Oil on canvas. Madrid 1840 Cuenca 1906 . . Spanish painter and illustrator. A student at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid he later continued his studies in Rome. From there he sent works to the National Fine Arts Exhibitions being awarded in 1871 for the great historical canvas The Death of Seneca his best known painting. His work evolved from the late romantic Nazarene inspired purism to the decorativeism of its final stage passing through Velazquez's realism under the influence of Rosales. Painter of historical canvases he also developed decorative cycles among which the one carried out in the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid together with Alejandro Ferrant stands out. From this experience the Prado Museum keeps An episode from the life of Saint Francis of Assisi whose authors are Ferrant and Dominguez and another work with the same title painted entirely by Dominguez. The Museum also guards a canvas inspired by a poem by Goethe Margarita in front of the mirror. Reference bibliography: The history painting of the 19th century in Spain cat. exp. Madrid Consortium for the Madrid European Capital of Culture Organization 1992 pp. 292 297; Ossorio and Bernard Manuel Biographical Gallery of Spanish Artists of the 19th Century [1883 1884] Madrid Giner 1975 pp. 187 188; The literary world in the painting of the XIX century of the Prado Museum cat. exp. Madrid Ministry of Culture 1994 No. 29. Measurements: 40 x 68 cm Reference bibliography: The history painting of the 19th century in Spain cat. exp. Madrid Consortium for the Madrid European Capital of Culture Organization 1992 pp. 292 297; Ossorio and Bernard Manuel Biographical Gallery of Spanish Artists of the 19th Century [1883 1884] Madrid Giner 1975 pp. 187 188; The literary world in the painting of the XIX century of the Prado Museum cat. exp. Madrid Ministry of Culture 1994 No. 29. Measurements: 40 x 68 cm Reference bibliography: The history painting of the 19th century in Spain cat. exp. Madrid Consortium for the Madrid European Capital of Culture Organization 1992 pp. 292 297; Ossorio and Bernard Manuel Biographical Gallery of Spanish Artists of the 19th Century [1883 1884] Madrid Giner 1975 pp. 187 188; The literary world in the painting of the XIX century of the Prado Museum cat. exp. Madrid Ministry of Culture 1994 No. 29. Measurements: 40 x 68 cm