Manuel Alviach y Doladier was a Spanish photographer of the era of some note. His studios were located at No. 14 on the fashionable Puerta del Sol. Photographic portraits were an aristocratic pursuit, primarily because of their expense and the requirements of cutting-edge technology of the day. This portrait of the young Juan Luna, most possibly after his triumph at the Madrid Expo of 1884, would also possibly have been a lavish present to the celebrated artist from Don Pedro Paterno.
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Manuel Alviach (1846 - 1924)
Portrait of Juan Luna
c. 1880s
Madrid
Madrid
photograph mounted on card
image: 5 1/2" x 4" (14 cm x 10 cm)
card: 6 3/8" x 4 1/4" (16 cm x 11 cm)
card: 6 3/8" x 4 1/4" (16 cm x 11 cm)
SOLD: PHP 280,320
Provenance:
Don Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857– 1911) and
Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino (Sra. de Paterno, d. 1897)