Medium: WC/P
Support: Board
Artist: Vicente Poveda Y Juan
Artist Dates: 1857-1935
Country of Origin: Spain
Title & Description: The PreacherThis piece portrays a man of the cloth wearing a white cap and a red robe with a dark sash over his left shoulder. The man's eyes are closed as he gestures outward, presumably toward the gathered clergy, with a single raised finger. His mouth is loosely open, as though mid speech. The background is dark and vague, as though this man is the sole occupant of the space he resides in and - as his eyes are closed - perhaps he is the only person he deems worthy of holding his space.
Signature: V. Poveda / Roma
Date of Work: Late 19th C.
Frame: Gilt wood
Work Size: 8.75x13.75"
Frame Size: 17.27x21.25"
Weight: 3.2lbs
Provenance: Connecticut Estate
Condition: This piece is well preserved in its frame, no sign of wear or repair done to it.Meta: Religious, Clergy, Watercolor
Artist Biography: A disciple of Federico Madrazo in Madrid, Poveda lived off a grant from the Council of Alicante. In 1882 he boarded in Rome with the same grant. His work, "Valley of Tears," achieved a third place medal in the Nationals of 1884, which he created while in Rome. A year later he won the same medal with his piece "The Death of the Prince of Viana." Three years later he settled in Rome, attending drawing classes and learning the Watman technique for watercolor on paper. Later he would travel to Vienna, Munich, London, and St. Petersburg to further his studies. In Italy he spent long periods in Venice to pain the views the city offered, most especially those of the internal patios. He died in 1832, closely tied to the Vatican.