These paintings were praised by Unamuno in his book on De Arte Pictorico as being honest representation of Spain: a Spain religious and tragic, a black Spain. rooted in the particularly Spanish Catholic fascination with mutilating penance.
Ove slike je hvalio Unamuno u svojoj knjizi o De Arte Pictorico kao iskrenu predstavu Španjolske: pobožnu i tragičnu Španjolsku, crnu Španjolsku ukorijenjenu posebno u španjolskoj katoličkoj fascinaciju pokorom sakaćenja.