The sitter is seated in a landscape to which the artist has given a very prominent role. The artist, son of the painter Juan Antonio Ribera, along with his friend and rival, Federico de Madrazo, were leading figures of the Romantic movement in Spain, as evidenced by this work of precise drawing and brilliant colours.
El niño en el Museo del Prado, Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes, Madrid, 1983, pp. 171.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas del siglo XIX, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1985, pp. 215.
Díez, J.L (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 503.
Registros-Inventarios Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, 1900-1936. Núm. 155-R.
Inv. Museo Arte Moderno, 1954. Núm. 496.
Actas traslado de obras MEAC - Prado, 1971-1973. Núm. 627.
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