Jubileus Leon XIII

JOSE ECHENA (1844-1912)

Rome, ca. 1888.

Drawing that includes the events carried out during the Jubilee of Leo XIII, celebrated in St. Peter’s in the Vatican, in 1888. It was probably to be reproduced later in an engraving for a magazine of the time (La Ilustración Artística,…).

Pen and ink drawing with pencil notes.

Below each of the eight scenes is numbered and described: 1. Waiting for the train. 2. Arrival of Pilgrims. 3. S. Angelo Bridge on January 1st. 4. Charlemagne Gate at 7 in the morning. 5. The public invades the “di Bronzo” gate and is rejected by the Swiss. 6. View of St. Peter’s during mass. 7. View of St. Peter’s Square at the end of mass. 8. Military and Civil Service of the Vatican.

José Echenagusia Errazquin, nicknamed Echena, was a Basque painter whose style is somewhere between academicism and preciosity. Echena was, along with Eduardo Zamacois, the first Basque artist of international renown, preceding Ignacio Zuloaga by several decades.

Rare and interesting.

Acceptable / Fair state of preservation. Slight cracks in the corners.