Las Damas Romanas

The Roman Maidens
Spanish: Las Damas Romanas
ArtistJuan Luna
Year1882
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions100 cm × 170 cm (39 in × 67 in)
LocationPrivate Collection

Las Damas Romanas (literally, "The Roman Dames"), also known as The Roman Maidens, The Roman Women,[1] or The Roman Ladies,[2][3] is an oil on canvas painted in the style of Neo-Classicism by Juan Luna, one of the most famous Filipino painters of the Spanish period in the Philippines.[4] It was painted by Luna when he was a student of the school of painting in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando) in Madrid, Spain in 1877. Alejo Valera, a Spanish painting teacher, took Luna as an apprentice and brought him to Rome where Luna created Las Damas Romanas in 1882.[5] Skilled in the style of the Academy he was the first Filipino painter to win international recognition in Europe and the US.

Luna spent six years in Rome from 1878 to 1884.

  1. ^ Las Damas Romanas (The Roman Women), from "Luna Y Novicio, Juan", bookrags.com
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