The allegories, The Hours of the Day, were painted in 1819 by José de Madrazo in Rome just before his return to Spain, to be used in the decoration of the small palace in Madrid known as Casino [+]
This preparatory sketch for the large-scale canvas painted by Madrazo in Rome (also on display in this room) reveals various differences with respect to the final composition. Madrazo gave more space [+]
This is a modellino for the canvas commissioned by Charles IV during his exile in Rome for the ceiling of a room in the Palazzo di Spagna. The artist and his royal client’s tastes are revealed in the [+]
A young male spirit symbolizing Virtue sits at the foot of an oak tree wearing a laurel crown. He looks to the heavens offering the crown he obtained after his victory over Earthly Love. Conquered and [+]
The allegories, The Hours of the Day, were painted in 1819 by José de Madrazo in Rome just before his return to Spain, to be used in the decoration of the small palace in Madrid known as Casino [+]
This work was part of a series of canvases with scenes recalling how the people of the Iberian Peninsula resisted Roman domination. The idea for this series grew out of a patriotic impulse against the [+]
A young French Officer, displaying the insignia of the Légion d’Honneur, rests beside his horse. In this portrait, which may have been painted in Rome during the Napoleonic occupation, the offi [+]
This religious scene with its life-size figures, is treated in the sober manner usually applied to scenes from Roman history. It was the first major painting produced by Madrazo whilst training in Par [+]
Madrazo would have presented this preliminary study to the king for approval before painting the final version, which is also in the Prado (P003295). For many years the large-scale definitive version [+]
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Es una litografía de Pierre Jacques Feillet (1794-1856) que reproduce el óleo de Rubens conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P01670). Esta estampa se entregaba con el cuadernillo CLXIV acompañad [+]
Es una litografía de Augusto Guglielmi que reproduce un lienzo de un discípulo de Vasari (P98), atribuido hasta 1920 a Jacopo Chimenti y como tal aparece en la firma de la estampa. Esta estampa se ent [+]
Es una litografía de Cayetano Palmaroli (1801-1853) que reproduce el lienzo de Guercino conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P00200). Esta estampa se entregaba con el cuadernillo CXXX acompañado [+]
Es una litografía de Cayetano Palmaroli (1801-1853) que reproduce el lienzo de Guercino conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P00200). Esta estampa se entregaba con el cuadernillo CXXX acompañado [+]
The Company for the engraving of the paintings from the Royal Palaces was one of the Spanish Enlightenment’s major undertakings during the second half of the 18th century. It supervised the reproducti [+]
The Company for the engraving of the paintings from the Royal Palaces was one of the Spanish Enlightenment’s major undertakings during the second half of the 18th century. It supervised the reproducti [+]
Es una litografía de Cayetano Palmaroli (1801-1853) que reproduce el óleo de Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P01166). Esta estampa se entregaba con el c [+]