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| Title | The Ambush | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Lucas y Padilla, Eugenio (Spanish painter, 1824-1870) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1850 | |
| Date Latest | about 1870 | |
| Description | A key figure in the development of Romanticism in Spain, Eugenio Lucas was born only four years before the death of Francisco Goya but became one of his most devoted followers and imitators. The style of The Ambush is remarkably close to the spirit of Goya's work, especially in its depiction of brutality and violence The theme of travellers waylaid by bandits was a common one in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century painting as the Napoleonic wars brought chaos and lawlessness to many parts of Europe. Criminals, deserters and the remnants of defeated armies often turned to highway robbery as the social order collapsed. |
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| Current Accession Number | 1965P21 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.21´65 | |
| Subject | everyday life (highway robbery) | |
| Measurements | 35.5 x 50.8 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on metal | |
| Acquisition Details | Purchased from Roland, Browse & Delbanco 1965. | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Paintings in Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, 1960; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 90. | |
| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |