Having toured from 2002 to 2011 through Italy, Japan, Sweden, Germany & the United States, this radical Spanish painting finally gained its much deserved international recognition . A powerful optical illusion already, it finds even more power in what it represents. Crafted at the peak of romanticism, this painting blurs the line between art & reality while undermining the entire movement itself, focusing on how wildly eager the boy seems to escape the gaze of those obsessed with the romantic form.