Juan Luna - Paintings Collection
"The Battle of Lepanto", painted by Luna in 1887. Features Don Juan of Austria in battle in 1571 while at the bow of a ship. Juan Novicio Luna (Oct 23, 1857 – Dec 7, 1899) - was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists. Regarded for work done in the manner of the Spanish, Italian and French academies of his time, Luna painted literary and historical scenes, some with an underscore of political commentary. Spoliarium, 1884 . Spoliarium depicts bloody carcasses of slave gladiators being dragged away from the arena where they had entertained their Roman masters, with their lives. The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid, where it garnered the first gold medal. In 1886, it was sold to the Diputación Provincial de Barcelona for 20,000 pesetas. It currently hangs in the main