Atribuido a Antonio Moro, carece de inscripciones o de un escudo que permita identificar a esta dama joven, retratada por el pintor de Utrecht con el porte que corresponde a la nobleza de su cuna como [+]
Alfonso d´Avalos, first Marchese del Vasto, was born in Ischia on 25 May 1502 to a noble Neapolitan family of Castilian origins. He fought in Pavia (1525) under the orders of his uncle Fernando d´Aval [+]
This is a free copy of Hans Holbein´s portrait of the Thomas More, the English humanist and statesman. He wears a cape with a fur collar and a magistrate´s cap. In his hands, he holds a paper alluding [+]
The Virgin sits on the ground, holding her nude son on her knees. He caresses her face while playing with his own swaddling clothes. The customary monumental scale of Hemessen´s figures is softened he [+]
Saint Anthony is tempted by the Devil, transformed into a beautiful naked woman accompanied by a witch. The burning city in the background, the monsters and other elements are derived from Bosch (c. 1 [+]
Salviati belonged to a generation of Florentine painters characterised by the sophistication of their visual language and by a deliberate formal and conceptual complexity. Having trained with Andrea d [+]
In this popular scene, two people, one dressed in eighteenth century fashion, with a cape and two-cornered hat, are depicted in front of the Pavilion of Carlos V in the Gardens of the Alcázar o [+]
The portraits that Titian painted of Isabella (1503-1539), daughter of King Manuel of Portugal and wife of Charles V from 1526, constitute one of the most moving episodes within Renaissance art. When [+]
One of the most unique and distinctive areas within Velázquez`s oeuvre is that of his portraits of buffoons, dwarves and individuals collectively known as hombres de placer (men of pleasure). T [+]
This painting depicts a passage from the Gospel of Saint John (19, 4-5) which recounts how after Christ had been whipped and crowned with thorns: Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them [+]
Farinati was one of the most prolific draftsmen active in Verona in the second half of the sixteenth century. His pictorial approach to drawing -many of his studies are carried out largely with the br [+]
Traditionally given to Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-ca. 1543). The figure´s pose and the handling of the media suggest the work of an artist from the circle of Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566). Especial [+]
This weak copy is after one of the biblical scenes in the Vatican Logge. Raphael, assited by his pupils Giulio Romano (c. 1499-1546), Giovanni Francesco Penni (1496-c. 1536), Perino del Vaga (1501-154 [+]
This impressive study typifies the lively, decorative style that was in vogue in Rome during the closing years of the sixteenth century and is associable with the movement generally referred to as Lat [+]
The Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican, a favoured location for study, housed an excellent collection of classical sculptures. From 1543 this included the full-length image of a beautiful nude youth, [+]
Vessel formed by three pieces of rock crystal and two gold mounts. The globular body is carved with gadroons and dart motifs. The short neck is adorned with ova enamelled in blue and a lower spiral mo [+]
A vessel composed of three pieces of rock crystal and two partially enamelled silver gilt mounts, practically the same as O75, though lacking its handle. The globular body is made up of two pieces ass [+]
A vessel with a hemispherical body that closes to form a narrower round mouth with an unadorned gold mount surrounded by concave double gadroons, and with two lips on the ends formed by feline masks w [+]