These two works (P8286; P8287) form a pair and represent Spanish popular types. They follow the late eighteenth-century fashion and are not only descriptive but have a delightful, refined rococo air a [+]
Although Ponz (Viaje de España, 1776) does not mention this painting, it certainly occupied the altar on the Gospel side of the church of Las Vallecas, where it was paired with Bayeu´s Stigmata [+]
These two works (P8286; P8287) form a pair and represent Spanish popular types. They follow the late eighteenth-century fashion and are not only descriptive but have a delightful, refined rococo air a [+]
A hunting party gathers on the bank of the Albufera, a natural lagoon near Valencia that was an exceptional place for hunting fowl. Wealthy locals, elegant gentlemen and their servants assemble in var [+]
The event depicted in this painting by Antonio Carnicero illustrates the interest in scientific advances characteristic of the Enlightenment, a historical period from the second half of the 18th centu [+]
The inscription on the sheet of paper on the table records that the sitter was nursemaid to one of Charles IV’s daughters, the Infanta María Amalia (1779-1798). A typical portrait of the period [+]
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Set in a chapel with a carpeted altar, the scene depicts Saint Clare´s profession as a nun, which marked the founding of the female branch of the Order of Saint Francis, also known as the Claris [+]
Saint Francis´s sermon to the birds is one of the most popular episodes from his life. In his biography of that saint (chapter XXI, 58), Celano narrates the event that occurred near Menavia in t [+]
Saint Francis and an elegantly dressed figure wearing a feathered cap -he may be the mayor of Assisi- converse alongside a tree trunk at the right. This is the episode in which the mayor cedes a plot [+]
This scene is related to a passage from the life of Saint Francis in which rose bushes sprang up where his blood had fallen to the ground during one of his sessions of penance The resulting flowers we [+]
The hagiography of Saint Francis has a plethora of passages describing his resurrection of dead children and other similar miracles. As many as five appear in Thomas of Celano´s Treatise on the [+]