PROVENANCE When Felix Resureccion Hidalgo died in 1913 leaving a fortune of real estate, shares of stocks, and paintings — and without leaving legitimate descendants nor recognized natural heirs — his mother Doña Maria Barbara Padilla y Flores, inherited everything. The next year, she too died leaving the Hidalgo-Padilla fortune to her heirs. The bulk of the paintings then went to the ‘sobrinos’ or nephews of Felix, namely Don Felipe Hidalgo, son of Jose; Don Eduardo Hidalgo Paz and Doña Rosario Paz de Perez, children of his sister Pilar who was married to Maximo Paz.

oil on canvas