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This painting was first included in the 1873 edition of the Museo del Prado catalogue, which states that it was rescued from the fire at the Alcázar Palace in Madrid in 1734. However, it is not [+]
By 1599, Francisco Pacheco had already begun work on his Libro de descripción de verdaderos retratos de ilustres y memorables varones (Book of Descriptions of True Portraits of Illustrious and [+]
The painting resembles the View of Tivoli, in size, type of support and subject matter. Indeed, the overhanging rock in the foreground beside the fishermen would appear to be inspired by that beneath [+]
Xavier de salas, en nota manuscrita conservada en el servicio de documentación del Museo del Prado, afirmaba: El retratado en el Prado sea quien fuese es indudablementeel que aparece en el ángulo infe [+]
The annotations on the reverse of the old backing attributr this good drawing to Perino del Vaga (1501-1547). The handling seems to me, however, more typical of Salviati. The composition shows an atta [+]
Although traditionally placed in the collection under the name of Polidoro da Caravaggio, I have been unable to trace the composition in that artist´s ouvre. The style of the drawing seems however to [+]
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The central figures of the composition raise the banner with the shield of Pope Clement VII (Giulio de Médicis). The execution is loose and the drawing is evidently the work of a follower. It i [+]
This portrait of the writer Xenophon (430-354 b.c.e.), who was a disciple of Socrates in Athens and later commanded an army serving the Persians and Spartans, was not identified until 1949, when a her [+]
