An artist with a very fertile creativity, Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (Madrid, 1817-1870) is one of the leading artists of the nineteenth century. An acknowledged follower of Goya, his drawings occupy a place of honour in the artistic production of his time.

This is the most important exhibition to have been put on to date and consists of some 70 drawings, amongst them his best compositions kept in prestigious institutions like the Museo Nacional del Prado, the Biblioteca Nacional, The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Even if only indirectly, the exhibition is also intended as a tribute to collectors of old drawings and their role in the history of the collections of the MNAC's Cabinet of Drawings and Prints. In this respect, credit is due the laudable work of the versatile Modernista artist Alexandre de Riquer, to whose enthusiasm we owe the presence of the Lucas collection in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya today