Artworks of Jose Rizal
Artworks of Jose Rizal
These are shells painted by Rizal in Dapitan He once demonstrated his talent for painting
and given as a gift to Doña Leonor Valenzuela while in Dapitan. In 1894, Fr. Vicente
and later passed into the hands of Doña Balaguer thought of a backdrop for the Holy
Margarita Valenzuela. Leonor Valenzuela is Week. He wanted one that’s done in canvas
one of Rizal's love interest. She is a tall girl oil painting. He heard of Rizal’s painting
from Pagsanjan. Rizal sent her love notes ability and requested him to paint a beautiful
written in invisible ink. They could only be backdrop for the church altar that would
deciphered over the warmth of the lamp or show a colonnaded court, seen from a wide
candle. He visited her on the eve of his open gate like that of a scene depicting the
departure to Spain and bade her a last goodbye. court of Pontius Pilate. Fr. Balaguer sketched
his idea based from a church in Barcelona,
Spain and after Rizal showed him his sketch,
Rizal with the help of Sister Agustina
Montoya, a Filipina nun from Cavite who
could paint, and Francisco Almirol, a native
painter of Dapitan started the difficult task of
painting the scene in oil.
SPANISH COAT OF ARMS
“Christ Crucified” (1875) (1867)
Materials used: Water color
Material: Crayon
Remarks: Done during a fiesta of San Rafael in
Remarks: Calamba
The crucifixion of Jesus is recorded in the The coat of arms of Spain symbolizes the
New Testament books, known as the country and the nation; the old kingdoms
Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. of Spain the Royal Crown the Imperial
This Bible story is the central summary of Crown, the Constitutional monarchy, the
the saving Gospel of Jesus. Jesus had Spanish national motto: Plus ultra, and the
prophesied of his death in Matthew "from Pillars of Hercules with the Spanish
that time on Jesus began to explain to his geographic situation. The Monarch, the heir
disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and to their throne and some institutions like the
suffer many things at the hands of the elders, Senate, the Council of state or the General
the chief priests and the teachers of the law, Council of Judiciary have their own arms..
and that he must be killed and on the third
day be raised to life." Jesus understood that
his life would be required as a sacrifice for
the sins of man.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PORTRAIT OF MORAYTA
(1974) (1885)
Material: Crayon
Material: Crayon
Remarks: Made in Manila
Remarks: Made in Barcelona
Material: Crayon
Allegory on a Pair of Porcelain SATURNINA RIZAL
Bases of the New Year Celebration
(1886)
Material: Oil
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