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Large series of paintings for religious orders were painted throughout the seventeenth century. They include free-standing figures of saints and scenes with more complex compositions. That is the case [+]
Almost the entire surface of this painting is filled by the figure of Christ, who is situated in the extreme foreground, violently foreshortened so as to accentuate the composition's illusion of three [+]
Saint John is presented in the foreground as a young man playing with a lamb -one of his identifying attributes as well as a reference to the Agnus Dei, which is how the Baptist referred to Christ. Th [+]
In 370 the Consul Probus appointed Saint Ambrose governor of the provinces of Liguria and Emilia in northern Italy. Valdés Leal depicts this secular episode in an interior with classical archit [+]
Según la leyenda, la escena que se representa aquí habría tenido lugar tras producirse en Tesalónica en el año 390 un tumulto popular en el que resultó muerto un oficial de Teodosio y ordenar éste que [+]
The Emperor Theodosius (4th century AD) prostrates himself before the Bishop of Milan, who absolves him in front of the cathedral and thus allows him to enter. The buildings are vaguely inspired by th [+]
The Virgin Mary stands on the Moon, surrounded by clouds in an image that varies from the predominant approach to representations of the Immaculate Conception in Seville. Most such works emphasize dyn [+]
Seguramente este dibujo se creyó de mano de Juan de Roelas (c. 1558-1625) en la colección de Paul Lefort debido a las inscripciones que le atribuían esta obra, una de ellas con el nombre que le había [+]
