Tag: Juan Manuel Malasaña Pérez

01 Work, The Art of War, Eugenio Álvarez Dumont’s Malasaña and his daughter fight against the French, with footnotes

Jan 23, 2024

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Zaidan Art Blog

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The painting illustrates the moment when the guerrilla Juan Manuel Malasaña Pérez (1759–1808) kills the French dragoon who has just murdered his daughter, the embroiderer Manuela Malasaña Oñoro (1793– 1808), who was supplying her father with rifle cartridges to fight the French troops from her house during the assault on Monteleón Park. The scene takes…