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Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1848-1921) served brief terms as director, firstly of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome and then at the Prado Museum, but worked primarily as a practising artist. Pradilla enjoyed great success in his career, his entry in the Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga catalogue describing him as "one of the foremost Spanish painters of the last quarter of the 19th century [and] the last great master of history painting of the century."  The Sigh of the Moor was begun at around the same time as Pradilla’s The Surrender of Granada, commissioned by the Spanish Senate, the upper house of the Cortes Generales, in 1879. However, Pradilla appears not to have completed it until around 1892. The picture was sold at auction in 2018 for €240.000, and remains privately owned. In 2021 the painting was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC).
Prado Museum Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga Granada Cortes Generales Francisco Pradilla Ortiz Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) The Surrender of Granada