Comprising three panels, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi and the Presentation in the Temple, this painting is earlier than the triptych on the same subject painted by Memling for Jan Floreins [+]
This panel is from the altarpiece of Saint Andrew, which Joan Bastida commissioned for that saint’s chapel in Barcelona Cathedral. By locating the gilded idol on a complex structure in the centre, the [+]
According to the legend, the lactation of Saint Bernard occurred during a dream, and through it he acquired the gift of eloquence. Originally from the Cistercian monastery of Nuestra Señora in [+]
The principal beams are decorated with secular scenes, including dances, jousts or men fighting monsters, and with the coats-of-arms of Castile and León and those of the Luna and Rojas families [+]
Gonçal Peris, in association with the Catalan artist Guerau Gener, was commissioned to produce the altarpiece dedicated to Saint Dominic and the doctor saints for a chapel in Valencia Cathedral [+]
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 [+]
The Franciscan Saint Diego de Alcalá (1400-1463) used to take bread from the table of his convent to give to the poor. On being challenged by the guard, who asked to see what was carrying in hi [+]
La Virgen viste túnica holgada, adornada en el escote con un broche circular y sujeta a la cintura por un ceñidor de correa con su correspondiente hebilla; cubierta por manto de cuerda cuyo fiador for [+]
Representación del grupo de Santa Ana, la Virgen y el Niño, también denominado Santa Ana Triple, iconografía surgida del interés por la genealogía terrena de Cristo en época medieval. Lo habitual es l [+]
La Virgen sostiene con la mano izquierda un libro cerrado, mientras levanta la derecha, que no se ha conservado. Según Angela Franco, aunque esta obra es del siglo XIV, responde a una fórmula iconográ [+]
Aunque la estampa está firmada por F. Taylor, esta litografía que reproduce el óleo de José de Ribera (P01071), se atribuye a Isidore-Justine-Séverin Taylor (1789-1879) (Vega, J.: Museo del Prado. Cat [+]
Aunque la estampa está firmada por F. Taylor, esta litografía que reproduce el óleo de José de Ribera (P01071), se atribuye a Isidore-Justine-Séverin Taylor (1789-1879) (Vega, J.: Museo del Prado. Cat [+]
A dish made up of a piece of rock crystal with a deep bowl and a broad brim, around which there runs a gilt silver mount with gadroons on the outer strip and engraved palmette motifs on the inside. In [+]