Why it matters
Young women paint, chat and choose pigments in the studio of the painter Abel de Pujol, one of them showing him her sketch. It is a rare record of women's art education, rediscovered in the landmark 1976 exhibition Women Artists: 1550–1950.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1822 and shown at the Paris Salon.
- The collector Giovanni Sommariva bought it.
- It appeared on the cover of the 1976 exhibition catalogue.
Based on the Spanish Wikipedia article El estudio de Abel de Pujol (CC BY-SA 4.0).
