Christopher Columbus at the Gates of the Monastery of Santa María de la Rábida
Benet Mercadé · 1858
Why it's great
Christopher Columbus, poor and worn out, stops with his young son at a monastery in Spain, where a friendly prior helps him get a hearing at the court of Queen Isabella. Benet Mercadé painted this story in 1858.
🏛️ Part of history
Columbus & the Age of Discovery (1492–1600) — Christopher Columbus, poor and worn out, stops with his young son at a monastery in Spain, where a friendly prior helps him get a hearing at the court of Queen Isabella.
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Benet Mercadé was a Spanish painter born in La Bisbal d'Empordà in Catalonia in 1821. He worked in Rome, where he joined the Nazarene group of painters, and later in Barcelona, where he became a respected teacher. He died in Barcelona in 1897.
