Entierro de Santa Cecilia en las catacumbas de Roma

Madrazo employs a restrained chiaroscuro, allowing the limited light to model the figures and highlight the crosier’s metallic cross. The brushwork is smooth, typical of mid‑nineteenth‑century Spanish academic painting, and the composition balances vertical authority with the horizontal spread of the mourners, creating a measured tension.

The work belongs to the collection of the Museo del Prado, where it is displayed among other religious canvases by the Madrazo family, a lineage that shaped Spanish academic art in the 19th century. Its acquisition reflects the museum’s interest in documenting the period’s devotional imagery.