ABOUT THIS WORK
A dawn rosary procession dissolving into a street brawl — the scene behind the everyday Spanish idiom "acabar como el rosario de la aurora," roughly "to end in total chaos." The idiom's legendary origin predates the canvas; Lucas Velázquez painted the phrase at its most literal, and people have been arguing over the picture ever since. It remains best known by its Spanish title.
Be the first to share your thoughts.
Sign in to join the discussion.
Unknown artist — Infantry Battle
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier — The Defense of Paris
Cornelis Kruseman — The Prince of Orange changing his Wounde
Francisco Goya — The Third of May 1808
Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour — Dans la Tranchée
Style of Théodore Chassériau — Saracens and Crusaders
Edouard Detaille — The Defense of Champigny
Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville — The Dispatch-Bearer
Auguste Raffet (French, 1804–1860) — Album of 1831: Freedom 
Baron Charles de Steuben (French) — Battle of Poitiers, 25 O
Hippolyte Bellangé — Battle Scene (Waterloo)
Ernest Meissonier — 1807, Friedland
