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    This document provides details about the painting "A Portrait of a Lady" by Juan Luna Y Novicio. It describes the painting as a portrait of Luna's wife, Paz Pardo de Tavera, whom he allegedly murdered. The passage notes various misfortunes that befell subsequent owners of the painting, fueling myths and mystery around the piece. It concludes by praising the artwork and encouraging people to view it in person to appreciate Luna's skill and the emotion poured into his works.

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    A Portrait of A Lady by Juan Luna Y Novicio

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    This document provides details about the painting "A Portrait of a Lady" by Juan Luna Y Novicio. It describes the painting as a portrait of Luna's wife, Paz Pardo de Tavera, whom he allegedly murdered. The passage notes various misfortunes that befell subsequent owners of the painting, fueling myths and mystery around the piece. It concludes by praising the artwork and encouraging people to view it in person to appreciate Luna's skill and the emotion poured into his works.

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    This document provides details about the painting "A Portrait of a Lady" by Juan Luna Y Novicio. It describes the painting as a portrait of Luna's wife, Paz Pardo de Tavera, whom he allegedly murdered. The passage notes various misfortunes that befell subsequent owners of the painting, fueling myths and mystery around the piece. It concludes by praising the artwork and encouraging people to view it in person to appreciate Luna's skill and the emotion poured into his works.

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    A Portrait of A Lady by Juan Luna Y Novicio

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    This document provides details about the painting "A Portrait of a Lady" by Juan Luna Y Novicio. It describes the painting as a portrait of Luna's wife, Paz Pardo de Tavera, whom he allegedly murdered. The passage notes various misfortunes that befell subsequent owners of the painting, fueling myths and mystery around the piece. It concludes by praising the artwork and encouraging people to view it in person to appreciate Luna's skill and the emotion poured into his works.

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    A Portrait of a Lady by Juan Luna Y Novicio (1857-1899)

    We are a group of four when we went to


    the National museum because it is the most
    convenient museum to go to because of our
    hectic schedule last week. It is the first time for
    all of us to go to the National Museum and we
    are mesmerized because of the interior
    designing of our national museum and how rich
    the art culture Philippines have, so many good
    things to see inside and reason to be proud to
    be a proud because of the contributions of our
    national artists in the art industry. I am very
    overwhelmed when I saw the Spolarium in real
    life it was enormous! I did not expect it to be that
    big but the details of the painting are so fine I
    can’t help myself to idolize Juan Luna as the
    artist but after exploring the Museum for fine
    arts, another painting caught my attention and I
    was surprised that it is also one of the painting
    of Juan Luna Y Novicio which the painting
    posted above.

    This painting is also called as Mi Novia


    or Portrait of Paz Parado de Tavera, It is said to
    be a portrait of the wife of Juan Luna, Paz
    Pardo de Tavera whom Juan Luna allegedly
    murdered, one of the dark secrets of the famous artist, it is a picture of Paz before bedtime, seeing as the
    woman is in bed, clutching a rosary, and there’s a prayer book and a night stand to her left. The painting
    may have something about the backstory of the night he murdered his wife but Juan Luna according to an
    article refused to share this story and to add more to my interest and mystery of this painting, the four
    previous owners of this art piece suffered misfortunes like it’s first owner, Manuel Garcia, was forced to
    sell it because his business had gone bad,” wrote the historian Ambeth Ocampo in his
    book Looking Back. “Betty Bantug Benitez bought it and met a tragic road accident in Tagaytay. The
    portrait then passed through the collection of Tony Nazareno, who also suffered bad luck and sudden
    illness, so he sold it to Imee Marcos Manotoc, who suffered a miscarriage. In the Luna-Hidalgo exhibition
    catalogue published by the Metropolitan Museum, the provenance given is not Imee Marcos, but Imelda
    Marcos, whose fate in 1986 we are all familiar with. She donated the painting to the National Museum.”

    But after all the myths and stories about this painting, it is still one of the best artwork that Juan
    Luna produced during his prime and I am very pleased to see this on my own, maybe not own it
    personally but only to appreciate it. People need to see this painting personally because I think digital
    photographs cannot make one feel the real emotion that is poured to an artwork like in Spolarium
    because back in my childhood I always saw the pictures of it but I cannot appreciate that much compared
    when I saw it personally just like in my featured painting, when I saw it I already felt how special this art-
    piece is even though I’m not still aware of its backstory.

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