Considered to be, with good reason, the most beautiful nude in nineteenth-century Spanish painting, this work provides eloquent testimony of the modernity that made Rosales stand out in the Spanish ar [+]
A young peasant girl from the Lazio flirts with her hands, dressed in traditional costume and leaning on a wall. The picturesque type of Italian country girl known as a ciociara was an extremely popul [+]
This painting depicts the discovery of the dead body of Hamlet´s beloved Ophelia, floating in the river after she fell from a weeping willow, which she had climbed in order to hang a garland of flower [+]
A portrait of the composer and performer, Héctor Pinelli, a violinist and conductor from a family of music lovers. He appears in elongated profile, turned to the left. In his hands, he holds th [+]
María de la Concepción Serrano y Domínguez was the eldest child of General Serrano, the Duke of Torre. She was born in Havana in 1860, which her father was Commander in Chief of C [+]
According to the Bible, Tobias was standing by a river when he was attacked by a giant fish. He was saved by his guardian angel. The painting shows the protagonist seeking refuge from the angel. The l [+]
Rosales depicts the moment when the Catholic Queen dictates her last will and testament at Medina del Campo on 12 October 1504, just days before she died. Isabel stands out in a royal chamber almost i [+]
The Chronological Series of the Kings of Spain was a museum project planned in 1847 by José de Madrazo to adorn four of the new rooms at the Real Museo de Pinturas (Royal Museum of Paintings), [+]
A bust portrait of the artist´s cousin and wife over a dark background. She is turned slightly to the right. Her hair is pulled back and she is dressed in blue with a transparent black tulle shawl on [+]
This painting captures a moment in the Battle of Tetuan, when Spanish and Moroccan troops fought each other as part of the war between those two countries in 1859 and 1860. The Moroccan troops shoot a [+]
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After revolutionizing the painting of his time with Queen Isabel la Católica dictating her Last Will and Testament (P4624), Rosales again shook the very foundations of the Spanish art world whe [+]
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This study is an initial idea for the composition of the final canvas which the artist devised through numerous preparatory studies and drawings, the majority in the Prado. Rosales tried out the colou [+]
Breve tanteo en el que Rosales plantea ya la situación y aspecto de las figuras principales de su cuadro "Doña Isabel la Católica dictando su testamento", según el esquema compositivo que después conc [+]
Tanteo compositivo para el cuadro "Doña Isabel la Católica dictando su testamento", en el que Rosales esboza un planteamiento escénico muy similar al del "modellino" de la col. Casa torres, aunque con [+]
Tanteo para el cuadro "Doña Isabel la Católica dictando su testamento", relacionado con el planteamiento compositivo del boceto pintado que guarda el Museo del Prado, que Rosales desarrollará en el "m [+]
Como atestigua la anotación escrita por Palmaroli en el borde inferior del dibujo, se trata de uno de los primeros pensamientos esbozados por Rosales para su cuadro "Doña Isabel la Católica dictando s [+]