{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":47431,"auction_id":95,"set_id":125,"lot_number":"184","artist":"Juan Luna y Novicio (1857 - 1899)","title":"Idilio (Idyll)","starting_price":4000000,"signed_dated":"signed (lower right)<br /> ca. 1880s","medium":"oil on canvas","size":"28 1/2\" x 15\" (72 cm x 38 cm)","property":"PROPERTY FROM THE DON JORGE B. VARGAS COLLECTION","coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Juan Luna’s Idyll of Romance \"Idilio\" of Perfect Love<br /><br />In the decade that ‘Idilio’ was painted,  Juan Luna was at the zenith of his fame : In 1881, ‘The Death of Cleopatra’ had won a silver at the Madrid Exposition, trumped shortly thereafter by a gold in 1884 for ‘Spoliarium’. It was a victory that would win the devotion of the general public in Spain, (not to mention the Philippines), attract the admiration of the Spanish King — with the happy aftermath of persuading his beloved Paz Pardo de Tavera to marry him in 1886.<br /><br />‘Idilio (Idyll)’ has a special meaning in the Spanish language : not merely the peace of perfect happiness, but a kind of love that is dreamlike and other-worldly.<br /><br />Juan Luna’s “Idilio” is set in a fairytale place, somewhere between night and day : A dark, mysterious forest surrounds a nymph, two tall trees are backlit by the fiery reds of sunset. The beauty wears flowers in her hair and she is surrounded by purple irises that are clearly painted as if it were daylight. Luna intends to convey the moment when life and time have come to a standstill. It’s a magical garden of love. He paints the mythical character in the garments of the 19th century, with a draped corset. The color of her robe is a rich gold, the folds outlined in creamy streaks of impasto, as are the petals in her hair.<br /><br />“Idilio (Idyll)” is a romantic twin parable of a joyful period in this painter-patriot’s life : when he would have achieved both artistic and personal fulfillment, the golden age of happiness that created the spectacular \"Hymen oh Hyménée\".  The maiden captured in love’s thoughts could easily have been one of the ten bridesmaids depicted in his opus depicting a Roman wedding. It’s a heady combination of rich silks, symbolic flowers, and a beauteous love-struck woman.<br /><br />Luna, a keen student of Roman and Greek mythology, portrays a virgin goddess — a depiction of ‘Iris’, goddess of sea and sky and thus protectress of the rainbow, represented by the blooms in the painting. She is also the picture of idealized love, the ‘Idlyll’  herself, lost in her own imagination, enthralled (like Luna) with the very idea of love and its perfection.","lot_group":"Painting","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":15000000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":15000000,"userBid":6595,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":18024000,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":46944,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/95/125/lot/184.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":183,"next":0,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}