The Milkmaid, 1889.
La lechera (museum title)
Casto Plasencia y Maestro (Spanish), oil on canvas
National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Spanish history and genre painter, 1846-1890
La lechera (museum title)
Casto Plasencia y Maestro (Spanish), oil on canvas
National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Casto Plasencia y Maestro (1846-1890) was a Spanish painter, born in Cañizar, in the province of Guadalajara, and died in Madrid. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, then at the Spanish Academy in Rome. He painted history subjects and genre scenes, such as The Death of Saint Francis or The Origin of the Roman Republic, held by the Prado. The Milkmaid (1889) is in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires.
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