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This is an important work among the small religious output of a painter particularly known for his tapestry cartoons. It also contributes to knowledge of the Madrid followers of Anton Raphael Mengs, w [+]
Paired with P07727, P07728 y P07729. These are sketches for cartoons for tapestries intended to adorn the King’s Antechamber known as the “Pieza de Conversación” in the Royal Palace of Madrid. [+]
Paired with P07726, P07727 y P07729. These are sketches for cartoons for tapestries intended to adorn the King’s Antechamber known as the “Pieza de Conversación” in the Royal Palace of Madrid. [+]
Paired with P07726, P07728 y P07729. These are sketches for cartoons for tapestries intended to adorn the King’s Antechamber known as the “Pieza de Conversación” in the Royal Palace of Madrid. [+]
Paired with (P07726, P07727 y P07728). These are sketches for cartoons for tapestries intended to adorn the King’s Antechamber known as the “Pieza de Conversación” in the Royal Palace of Madrid [+]
This singular composition, which can be dated 1775, was painted at the height of the 18th century, although, in aesthetic terms, the Baroque was already in decline as it entered its final phase. Its d [+]
This canvas, like P7349, is one of a group of six preparatory designs for the tapestries made for the private room of the Princess of Asturias in the Royal Palace. In each canvas a putto holds symbols [+]
The compositional structure and depiction of details reveal the artist’s ability to devise decorative elements such as garlands, flowers and scroll-work and to combine them with figures. The motifs ar [+]
This was a cartoon for a tapestry intended to hang over a door in the "chamber room" at the Prince of Asturias and future Charles IV´s quarters in the royal seat of San Lorenzo del Escorial. It [+]
This realistic depiction of a kite that has swooped down on a group of dead woodcocks and a pheasant is striking for the contrast between the bird of prey’s ferocity and the tranquil still-life with g [+]
This was a cartoon for a tapestry intended to hang in the "chamber room" at the Prince of Asturias and future Charles IV´s quarters in the royal seat of San Lorenzo del Escorial. Mengs appraised [+]
This work is a cartoon for an over-door tapestry intended for the Prince of Asturias’s chambers at the palace in San Lorenzo del Escorial. Long classified as an anonymous painting in the Museo del Pra [+]
Cartón para un tapiz destinado a la "pieza de cámara" del cuarto del príncipe de Asturias, futuro Carlos IV, en el sitio de San Lorenzo del Escorial. Encargado por el arquitecto Francisco Sabatini, Me [+]
Four boys play outside with their tops, which they spin and attempt to pick up without stopping their rotation. This childhood scene, captured with clear tenderness by Castillo, allowed him to allude [+]
Two boys in a natural setting. The one on the right is playing a violin while the other sings from sheet music. The work is one of a series of five scenes for the decoration of the Powder Room of the [+]
As in the other four cartoons with which it forms a set (P03311 to P03314, P03534), destined for the decoration of the Princess of Asturias’s dressing room at the palace of El Pardo, the artist has ch [+]