Wretch!
1896. Oil.On display elsewhere
The significance of this work is revealed by the evident contrast between the clothes of the lowly parents and the smart outfit of their granddaughter, possibly born of an illicit love affair involving the young woman who lies dying in a room at the General Hospital in Valencia. When it was shown at the 1897 National Exhibition, the critics praised its style and the modernity of the subject matter, which they did not examine too closely. The picture was awarded the top second-class medal, ahead of Fillol’s The Human Beast.
G. Navarro, Carlos, Invitadas. Fragmentos sobre mujeres, ideología y artes plásticas en España (1833-1931), Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2020, p.166 nº 19