Although born in Almeria, Paco de la Torre trained at the School of Fine Arts of Valencia. Later, he travelled to Milan, where he became acquainted with the works of Giotto (1267-1337), Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), Masaccio (1401-1428), Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) and Carlo Carrà (1881-1966). Paco de la Torre together with Ángel Mateo Charris (1962) and Gonzalo Sicre (1967)—whose work is also included in the BBVA Collection—form the core of Spanish artists profoundly influenced by Italian painting, and very especially . In 1989 he co-founded the neo-metaphysical group called Los Tres Caballeros.

A painter of imaginary architectures, in this piece he paints a Renaissance gazebo located in a sketchy, forlorn landscape. The three basic geometric figures painted in primary colours on top of the gazebo remit to a past of order and measure.

The subtle rendering of the gazebo in unreal surrounding environs is underpinned by a clear metaphysical reference. The elongated shadows in the painting speak to the passing of time. Their shape is redolent of sunset, the ending of the day that lends the composition a melancholic air.