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03-06-2026
Alonso Berruguete

Paredes de Navas, Palencia (Spain), 1488 - Toledo (Spain), 1561

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Allegory of Temperance

1513 - 1516. Oil on panel.
Room C

This painting is among the few known works from Berruguete’s formative years in Florence and Rome, the latter depicted in the background. The bridle bit, the hand on the breast and the laurel wreath allude to the subjugation of the instincts by reason and temperament.

Technical data

Imagen del carrusel
Imagen del carrusel
Inventory number
P008263
Author
Alonso Berruguete
Title
Allegory of Temperance
Date
1513 - 1516
Technique
Oil
Support
Panel
Dimension
Height: 69.7 cm; Width: 52.6 cm
Provenance
Acquired by the Museo del Prado with funds from the bequest of Carmen Sánchez García, 2017
Entry date
2017

Bibliography +

Longhi, R, Comprimari spagnoli della maniera italiana, Paragone, 43, 1953.

Mazariegos Pajares, J, Alonso Berruguete, pintor, Institución Tello Téllez de Meneses, Palencia, 1979.

Redondo Cantera, María José., Alonso Berruguete pintor y la creación de su mito artístico., Hedra,, 2004.

Arias Martínez, Manuel, Alonso Berruguete: prometeo de la escultura, Diputación Provincial de Palencia, 2011, pp. 64.

Mozzati, T., 'Alonso Berruguete o Giovan Francesco Bembo. Salomé' En:, Norma e capriccio. Spagnoli in Italia agli esordi della maniera moderna, 2013.

Ruiz Gómez, Leticia, Atribuído a Alonso Berruguete. Alegoría de la Templanza, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2018, pp. 20-22.

Dickerson, Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain, National Gallery of Art ; Meadows Museum,, 2019, pp. 30 y 31.

Ruiz, Leticia, 'Alonso Berruguete. Alegoría de la Templanza', El legado de Carmen Sánchez: "La última lección", Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2021, pp. 28-32 nº.1.

Arias Martínez, Manuel, 'Alonso Berruguete. Alegoría de la Templanza', Otro Renacimiento: artistas españoles en Nápoles a comienzos del Cinquecento, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2022, pp. 271-272 nº 51.

Arias Martínez, Manuel, 'Alonso Berruguete. La Temperanza', Gli Spagnoli a Napoli: il Rinascimento meridionale, Arte'm,, 2023, pp. 284-286 nº45.

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2948.

Exhibitions +

Prado. 21st Century
Madrid
09.06.2026 - 27.09.2026

La scoperta del Rinascimento. Artisti spagnoli a Napoli nel primo Cinquecento
Nápoles
09.03.2023 - 25.06.2023

Otro Renacimiento. Artistas españoles en Nápoles a comienzos del Cinquecento
09.03.2023 - 25.06.2023

The other Renaissance. Spanish Artists in Naples in the early Cinquecento
Madrid
18.10.2022 - 29.01.2023

The Carmen Sánchez Bequest. The Ultimate Lesson
Madrid
23.03.2021 - 24.10.2021

Location +

Room C (Temporary Exhibition)

Exposición Temporal
Update date: 03-06-2026 | Registry created on 13-03-2019

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