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03-06-2026
Gregorio Martínez

Valladolid?, 1547, 1598

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Tityus in Chains

1590 - 1596. Oil on canvas.
Muguruza E1 Escalera 3

The Giant Tityus was condemned to the punishment of having a vulture endlessly devour his entrails. Martínez was inspired by a composition by Michelangelo which in turn looked to the Hellenistic sculpture of The Laocoön, rediscovered in Rome in 1506. The exceptional nature of this work within Spanish painting of the period, when mythology and the nude were rarely depicted, reflects the versatile personality of this artist from Valladolid who was interested in Romano-Florentine painting.

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Imagen del carrusel
Inventory number
P008062
Author
Gregorio Martínez
Title
Tityus in Chains
Date
1590 - 1596
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Height: 173 cm; Width: 232.99998 cm
Provenance
Sala Franco Semenzato, Venice, 2000; Coll & Cortés Fine Arts, Madrid; acquired by the Prado Museum, 2011
Entry date
2011

Bibliography +

Martín González, Juan José, El pintor Gregorio Martínez, Boletin del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología. (BSAA), 1956, pp. 81-91.

Urrea, J. Valdivieso, J., Aportaciones a las historia de la pintura vallisoletana, Boletin del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología (BSAA), 1971, pp. 353-374.

Gutiérrez Pastor, Ismael, Una importante pintura de Gregorio Martínez reencontrada, Boletin del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología (BSAA), 1982, pp. 410-414.

Pérez Sánchez, A. E., Una nueva pintura de Gregorio Martínez, Boletín del Museo Nacional de Escultura, 2, 1997-1998, pp. 7-9.

Sala Franco Semenzato. Venezia, 2000, pp. lote 145.

Pérez Sánchez, A. E., Más sobre Gregorio Martínez, Boletín del Museo Nacional de Escultura, 4, 2000, pp. 21-23.

Spanish Painting, Coll & Cortés [Procaccini], Madrid, 2012, pp. 76-87.

Gutiérrez Pastor, Ismael, 'Gregorio Martínez. The punishment of Tityos' En: Spanish Painting., Coll & Cortés: [Procaccini],, Madrid, 2012, pp. 76-87.

Ruíz, L., Gregorio Martínez 'Prometeo encadenado', en Memoria de actividades 2011, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2012, pp. 18-21.

Collar de Cáceres, Fernando, El Tríptico de Leoni y otras obras de Gregorio Martínez, Goya: Revista de Arte, 348, Julio-Septiembre, 2014, pp. 183-207 [191 f.4].

Falomir Faus, Miguel, Las Furias. Alegoría política y desafío artístico, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2014, pp. 71-72, fg.33 138 n.8.

Falomir Faus, Miguel, 'De monarcas, traidores y amantes depechados.' En:, Las Furias. Alegoría política y desafío artístico, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2014, pp. 63-74 [71-72 fg.33].

D'aprés Michelangelo /, Marsilio,, 2015, pp. 99-118 [104 f.4].

Portús Pérez, Javier, Velázquez and the Celebration of Painting: The Golden Age in the Museo del Prado, The Yomiuri Shimbun: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokio, 2018, pp. n.19.

Ruiz Gómez, Leticia, 'Gregorio Martínez. El suplici de Tici', Velázquez i el Segle d'Or, Museo Nacional del Prado ; Obra Social "la Caixa", 2018, pp. nº.18.

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2819.

Inscriptions +

GR MARTÍNEZ
Signed. Front, lower right corner

Exhibitions +

Velázquez and the Golden Age
Barcelona
16.11.2018 - 03.03.2019

Velázquez and the Celebration of Painting: the Golden Age in the Museo del Prado
Kobe
13.06.2018 - 14.10.2018

Velázquez and the Celebration of Painting: the Golden Age in the Museo del Prado
Tokio
24.02.2018 - 27.05.2018

Velázquez and the Celebration of Painting: the Golden Age in the Museo del Prado
Tokio
20.02.2018 - 27.05.2018

The "Furias". From Titian to Ribera
Madrid
21.01.2014 - 04.05.2014

Location +

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Update date: 03-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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