Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, also known as Narcisse Díaz de la Peña, born August 20, 1807 in Bordeaux and died November 18, 1876 in Menton, is a French painter.
Diaz's colors are known to have faded quickly due to faulty chemistry and use of unstable and dangerous colors, according to Claude Monet "One cannot imagine how beautiful Diaz's paintings were when they were just painted , they were real gems… Obviously his technique betrayed him, today everything is foggy, they have lost their quality. »