La Laguna Estigia also known simply as Laguna Estigia, is an 1887 Greco-Roman painting by Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo

Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo

Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla was a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the great Filipino painters of the late 19th century, and is significant in Philippine history for having been an acquaintance and inspiration for members of the Philippine reform movement which included José...

. It is a companion-piece for Hidalgo’s other painting entitled La barca de Aqueronte

La barca de Aqueronte

La barca de Aqueronte, translated in English as The Boat of Charon or Charon’s Boat, is an 1887 oil on canvas and allegorical painting by award-winning Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo. The work was a gold medalist during the Exposicion General de las Filipinas in Madrid...

. Like the La barca de Aqueronte, the La Laguna Estigia is based on Dante’s Inferno, the painter pursuing the theme leading towards a “darker” and “more somber interpretation” of it.

The painting was a gold medalist during the 1887 Exposicion General de las Islas Filipinas in Madrid

Madrid

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Spain

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