El Palleter – Vincente Doménech
Sorolla's Cry of the Palleter “Jo, Vicent Doménech, un pobre palleter, li declare la guerra a Napoleó. ¡Vixca Ferran sèptim! ¡Muiguen els traïdors!”. With this cry declaring war on Napoleon,…
Sorolla's Cry of the Palleter “Jo, Vicent Doménech, un pobre palleter, li declare la guerra a Napoleó. ¡Vixca Ferran sèptim! ¡Muiguen els traïdors!”. With this cry declaring war on Napoleon,…
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