A landmark work by the 19th-century Filipino painter and activist Juan Luna is one of the newest highlights at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Una Bulaquena is one of Luna’s most enigmatic works. The painting ...

In Rome, in March 1884 and after eight months of labor, Luna completed what would become his signature work: the "Spoliarium," a massive (9.05 by 5.59 meters framed) oil on canvas painting ...

National Museum director Jeremy Barns unveils and inspects “Spoliarium” at León Gallery. It turns out to be a copy made by Antonio Dumlao, who restored Luna’s masterpiece in 1960.

Also to be bidded out is the 4×7 feet copy of Juan Luna’s “Spoliarium” made by Antonio Dumlao. Dumlao (1912-1983). restored the “Spoliarium,” when it was repatriated by Spain in 1958.

As Mr. Lerma studied the photos, an interesting detail caught his attention — the signature of Juan Luna — on the lower right hand corner of the canvas. His curiosity led to further investigation of ...

Recent e-mail communications between Salcedo Auctions and a family that sold Juan Luna’s painting España y Filipinas at the 2012 Balclis auction in Barcelona state that both the Spoliarium boceto and ...

Heneral Luna has succeeded in making Gen. Antonio Luna immortal. ... And the final scene and its likeness to the Spoliarium brought double masterpieces to my mind) the fall of a great man.

In the gem of a film which is “Heneral Luna,” there’s a poignant scene in which the bodies of Gen. Antonio Luna and his military aide were shown being dragged like fallen gladiators by their killers, ...

(Thankfully, there is no entrance fee.) It is the largest painting in the Philippines and the most recognized. Many of Luna’s works have political undertones, and “Spoliarium” is no different. Luna ...