# Village Scene and View of Fuenterrabia [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PARET Y ALCAZÁR, Luis]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 48 x 37,5 and 44,3 x 57,2 cm ## Commentary The original canvas was cut in two parts in an unknown date and the parts were sold independently. In order to avoid disproportion the View of Fuenterrabia was further truncated by cutting part of the sky. The two parts were united in 1996 when the Village Scene was donated to the Bilbao museum which owned the landscape part since 1986. The size of the original was probably 74 x 117 cm, according to a document related to the auction of the collection of Joseph Bonaparte who owned the painting. This painting is part of a series representing the port cities at the Atlantic coast. Paret received the commission from King Charles III in 1786. ## Related artworks - [Charles III Dining before the Court]() - [Elegant Company Preparing for a Masked Ball]() - [Maria de las Nieves Micaela Fourdinier]() - [Portrait of a Lady with Her Infant Child \(detail\)]() - [Portrait of a Lady with Her Infant Child]() - [Self-Portrait in the Studio]() - [Still-Life with Fruit]() - [View of El Arenal in Bilbao]() - [Virgin and Child with St James the Great]() - [Zebra]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()