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This canvas was displayed on the ceiling of the Salon Rouge of the Duke and Duchess of Riánsares’ Paris mansion. The decoration of this hall, which was designed to receive visitors, glorified M [+]
Fortuny enjoyed painting flowers in bloom in his scenes. Attracted by their colours, he also made separate studies of them. His favourites were hollyhocks on account of their pleasing hues and the ele [+]
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In this work, Fortuny establishes an eloquent link between painting and music and a clear exposition of what his friend, the Baron Davillier, called his very lively and very pure taste in music. Fortu [+]
Fortuny’s sudden death left this painting unfinished, yet it remains one of his finest pieces, and the maximum expression of the audacious pictorial modernity that characterizes his mature work.The tw [+]
Visible behind the foreground rocks which attract the viewer’s attention are the bay of Naples in the distance and, closer at hand, the cluster of houses of the neighbouring town of Portici with the d [+]
Renaissance sculptors, is generally considered Suñol’s masterpiece. It offers a realistic portrayal of Dante wearing the laurel wreath of fame and immortality, and holding a book in reference t [+]
