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Valdés Leal’s depictions of angels and archangels represent a significant part of his output. Their ornate clothing allowed him to show the brilliance of his style and his interest in textural [+]
La escena podría ser ilustración del sentimiento religioso sevillano; quizá el encargo le fuese solicitado al pintor para satisfacer determinadas necesidades devocionales concretas, y para ello ha uti [+]
This scene depicts one of the central episodes in the childhood of Christ, when he entered into a theological dispute with the learned men in the temple in Jerusalem. To represent the building the art [+]
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 [+]
Spanish painters of the second half of the 17th century opted for monumental forms and a benevolent or triumphant image of religion, but Valdés Leal represents the most important exception as a [+]
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 [+]
The political abilities and peace-making attitude demonstrated by Ambrose (4th century) as governor of Liguria and Emilia led him to also be proclaimed archbishop of Milan, against his will and despit [+]
In the year 390 the Emperor Theodosius violently repressed the population of Thessaloniki, after which he returned to Milan where he was excommunicated by Saint Ambrose, who denied him entry to his ch [+]
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 [+]
