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JUAN LUNA Y NOVICIO (1857-1899). Oil on canvas Signed & dedicated to Al Sr. D. Miguel Morayta" de su amigo Luna. The Philipino painter and watercolourist began his training in Manila, where his family had moved in 1961, to then complete it in Spain, Rome, & Paris where he finally decided to set up his studio next to his the already famous Philipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo. There followed innumerable institutional commisions as well as awards and homages. He took part in many exhibitions, winning second place in the Nacional de Bellas Artes of 1881 for his “Cleopatra” & first place in 1884 his famous “Spoliarium”. He was one of the first Philipino painters to win international fame as well as an undisputed position amongst the Philipino artists of the C19th. He became linked with the masonic lodge, Solidaridad nº53, del Gran Oriente Español, thanks to which he established a friendship with D. Miguel Moraytsa, a man of considerable political importance during the First Republic, to whom he dedicated the work which we now present. Despìte being recognised for the historical and allegorical themes of his painting, from 1885 -1890 Luna completed a series of portraits of female workers from the poorer quarters of Madrid, where he displayed a much lighter impressionistic brush. Amongst which series of “Chulas” we can place this work. 71 x 49 cm; 92 x 68cm. (frame).