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Un día más
Un día más is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Inocencio Medina Vera. It dates from 1915 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
About this work
Overview
Inocencio Medina Vera’s 1915 oil on canvas, titled *Un día más*, is part of the Prado Museum’s collection. The work presents a bucolic tableau of everyday life, focusing on a small group of figures engaged in routine activity within a countryside landscape.
Subject & Meaning
The composition centers on a man astride a donkey, balancing a large basket atop his head, while a woman walks beside him with a smaller basket. A second woman, holding an infant, stands nearby. The surrounding trees and gentle hills frame the scene, suggesting a moment of ordinary labor and familial care in a rural setting.
Technique & Style
Medina Vera employs a warm palette that imbues the scene with a sense of intimacy. Loose, expressive brushwork conveys movement, while subtle chiaroscuro models the figures and objects, enhancing their three‑dimensional presence against the atmospheric background.
History & Provenance
Created in 1915, the painting entered the Museo del Prado’s holdings in the early twentieth century, where it remains on display as part of the museum’s representation of Spanish genre painting from the period.
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