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Born in 1803, the boy wears the cadet’s uniform of the naval college. The whiteness of the suit and the painstaking detail of the embroidery on the jacket and cap afford the portrait its characteristi [+]
The sitter`s elaborate dress, the baton of command he holds in his right hand and the sword on which his left hand rest all indicate that he is a military figure. The military context in further sugge [+]
Hunting in the woods, Acteon stops on the banks of a stream when he sees Diana and her nymphs bathing nude on the opposite bank. Fascinated by their beauty, he observes them with a challenging and amu [+]
This painting is identified in the early catalogues of the Museum`s holdings with the landscape listed in the 1766 inventory of the collection of Isabella Farnese in the palace of La Granja, which, in [+]
Espinós structures his composition into three contrasting parts, including a mythological scene with two sculptural Olympian gods in the centre. They are surrounded by a large and colourful gar [+]
The brightly lit figure of Isabella Farnese stands out strongly against a dark background. Her face conforms to the highly idealised and slightly inexpressive prototype that Meléndez used in hi [+]
This portrait reveals the artist`s assimilation of French models, particularly those of his master, Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), who frequently used an oval format and low viewpoint in order to emphasi [+]
This portrait of Philip V is based on a prototype devised by Meléndez in the 1720s. It combines a French model with the use of broad, zig-zagging brushstrokes typical of the Madrid Baroque styl [+]
This is the left panel of the Altar Piece of the Pietà, Saint Michael and Saint Catherine from the church of Santa María in Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza). The painter, originally fro [+]
This is a condensed version in vertical format of the Adoration of the Magi at the Galleria Borghese in Rome (inv. 150), a painting that is difficult to attribute and which Arslan believed to be by Fr [+]
The apostle Saint James is shown kneeling with his hands together in prayer, offering his neck up to the sword of the executioner whoprepares to decapitate him. Standing before the apostle, wearing a [+]
Saint Bernard of Siena (1380-1444) was an important figure within the Franciscan Order. Here he carries a staff with the anagram of Christ, while at his feet three mitres symbolise the bishoprics of S [+]
Este espléndido retrato forma parte de la serie que Federico de Madrazo pintara en agosto de 1875 a los hijos del artista que residían en París, formando con ellos un conjunto constituido además por l [+]
El retratado es Fernando de Borbón Parma (1751-1802), hijo de Felipe de Borbón, duque de Parma e infante de España, y de Luisa Isabel de Francia, hija de Luis XV. Su condición de nieto del rey Felipe [+]
Cristo camina de frente mientras que dos ángeles niños, llorosos, le flanquean.De mediados de siglo. Es posible que el dibujo reproduzca una imagen de culto en su altar. (Texto extractado de Pérez Sán [+]
El dibujo presenta el tema del Matrimonio místico de Santa Catalina; a la izquierda, la Virgen sentada con el Niño; a la derecha, Santa Catalina arrodillada y un ángel. Es posible aceptar la atribució [+]
Carderera probably accepted the old attribution to the Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-1596), who had spent almost a decade in Spain at the end of his life, mostly working at El Escorial, and was an importan [+]
The cathedral of Oviedo, in the nineteenth century, undergoes the reform of the main chapel completed with the installation of the new altar and tabernacle in 1869, created by the architect Juan de Ma [+]
