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The experts characterised the painting as an outstanding masterpiece referred to as among the best lots in the auction. Specifically, Joanna Vickery, director of the Russian section at Sotheby's, said: "The Wrath Of The Seas deserves special attention: the painter did a great job depicting the outrage of nature with so much emotion and expression".
Known as "La Deana", she self-published poems and the autobiographical and political essay Historia de una mujer (History of a Woman, 1849). Manuela Rodríguez Aybar was born on 1790 in San Juan de la Maguana. Her mother was Maria Rodríguez. Many of the details of her life, including the name of her father, are unknown.
Figuereo was born in San Juan de la Maguana in 1834. He was born to a half-Taino and half-African enslaved woman by the name of Simona. His father was of noble descent, a plantation owner and slave driver named Telésforo Objío Noble. Objío Noble would later free Simona and Wenceslao and properly partner Simona.
Olivorio Mateo, known as Papá Liborio, was a religious healer and popular leader of the early twentieth century in the southern region of the country, who created a self-reliant commune in the mountains of San Juan de la Maguana. [1]
The Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga (Spanish: Fusilamiento de Torrijos y sus compañeros en las playas de Málaga), is a painting by Antonio Gisbert Pérez. It is considered to be one of the finest pieces of Spanish history painting , from the 19th century.
Painting depicting the Virgin of the Pine at the Cathedral of Santa Ana, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. This painting was made by José Rodríguez de la Oliva. José Rodríguez de la Oliva was a Spanish sculptor of the 18th-century from San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. He was one of the most important sculptors of the Canary Islands. [1]
Fight with Cudgels (Spanish: Riña a garrotazos or Duelo a garrotazos), called The Strangers or Cowherds in the inventories, [2] is the name given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Goya did not give names to his Black Paintings. These names are courtesy of art historians. [3]
The settlements of La Yaguana, and Bayaja, on the west and north coasts respectively of modern-day Haiti were burned, as were the settlements of Monte Cristi and Puerto Plata on the north coast and San Juan de la Maguana in the southwestern area of the modern-day Dominican Republic.