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- Notes - Oil on canvas. 80.65 x 108.59 cm. Considered by art critics as Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo"s masterpiece, "La Barca de Aqueronte"(The Boat of Acheron), is a huge canvas that depicts the mythical voyage of the lost souls across the river Acheron on the boat of Charon, the boatman. The piece first won a gold medal at the Philippine Exposition in Madrid in 1887 and another one at the International Exhibit of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1892. It also reveived a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of Paris in 1889, and a diploma of honor at the Exposition General de Bellas Artes in Barcelona in 1891. Through the efforts of thte Filipino community in Madrid the celebratred painting was purchased by the Spanish foreign ministry for 7,500 pesetas, place at the Museo Filipino de Parque, transferred to the main lobby of the Museo Biblioteca de Ultramar and finally to the Museo Nacional de Pinturas de Madrid where it can be found at present.(1969). Resurrectio Hidalgo made several studies before making the final canvas. In the collection of the Lopez Memorial Museum are detailed sketches and two oil studies, one depicting the dead already landed and another showing the lost souls being conducted to Charon''s boat. This last oil study was the basis of the final canvas inspired by Canto III of Dante''s Inferno, which reads in part: Charon the demon with the eyes of coal, Beckoning, garners them together there, Beats with his oar each backward hanging soul.
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