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JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES (Córdoba, 1874 - 1930) "Portrait of Rosario Mansi and her daughter, Ana María Garnica y Mansi "1917-18. Oil and tempera on canvas Signed (fig.1) On the back dated, signed and inscribed. With label of the Board of seizure, protection and salvage of art treasures. Nº 16804 (in stretcher on the back). Label of the Caja General de reparaciones. Ref. 2943 (on stretcher back). Mother and daughter are seated at an open window or balcony showing a typical landscape in the author's production, with classical architecture on the right and the family home in Noja, Santander, on the left (fig. 2). Ana María, portrayed at the age of about 10 years, appears behind her mother and dressed in a light muslin dress with a rose in her hands, her simplicity contrasts with her mother in the foreground, dressed with lace, jewels and a green and red shawl on which her hands are holding a fan (fig.3). Rosario Mansi was the wife of Pablo Garnica y Echevarría, minister during the reign of Alfonso XIII, who also commissioned Romero de Torres to paint her portrait dressed in uniform and decorated. Garnica, an admirer of the Cordovan's work, also bought from him the painting known as "Martha and Mary", which was exhibited with great success at the Royal Academy in London in 1920. Attached is a certificate of authenticity signed by the academic Mercedes Valverde Candil on May 1, 2023. Measurements: 117 x 94 cm.