The Arrest Group, an “unknown” work for Cartagena by Manuel Juan Carrillo Marco and Manuel Carrillo García
Keywords:
Carrillo Marco, Carrillo García, Sculpture, Arrest, Cartagena, BenlliureAbstract
In the knowm catalogs –both on paper and in digital format- of the sculptural production of Manuel Juan Carrillo Marco, it is surprising not to find a work of importance such as the Prendimiento group, owner of the Cartagena brotherhood dedicated to said devotion –popularly knowm as Cofradía California-, so in this work we collect the details of its commission and realization to replace the disappeared group, due to the gouges of Francisco Salzillo and Juan Porcel, and the evolution that the ciezano artist’s carvings have undergone since their creation between 1939 and 1940, as well as the reasons why it si posible that Carrillo wanted to ‘forget’ this work, and which was its partial replacement by a work by Benlliure.
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