ROMAN WEDDING Painting by Juan Luna

By @romzno


Paris, 1889. A Filipino won a bronze medal at the prestigious world’s fair Exposition Universelle, which marked the hundredth anniversary of the French Revolution and for which the Eiffel Tower was built. The win defied racial bias and cemented the painter’s place in what might still be regarded as the art capital of the world.

The painter’s name was Juan Luna, and his award-winning painting was entitled Hymen, oh Hyménée! or Boda Romana (Roman Wedding). With oil on canvas, it depicts a bride being showered with flowers by women, children, and men in a lavish atrium. It has been described as ethereal, joyous, and majestic. 

After the fair, the renowned Luna kept the painting in his private collection, where it remained until his death in 1899. Its whereabouts became unknown after that. Images of the painting remained in books and lithographs of it were even sold at auctions, but nobody could see it in its entirety again. Until one day in 2014, when an art dealer was invited to a noble European family’s home. There, the art dealer saw, and purchased, the fabled painting. 

Just last month, and for the first time in 134 years, Luna’s long-lost Hymen, oh Hyménée! was unveiled to the public, in a museum in Manila, Philippines.

✏️: @romzno

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7b7nm/juan-luna-lost-painting-philippines-art

Source: Vice Asia 

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