The composition is derived from a Cristo incoronato di Spine done by Jacopo Bassano towards 1589-1590 (Rome, private collection), in which Ballarin clearly sees the influence of Titian´s Christ Crowne [+]
Like many other works by Andrea di Lione, Jacob’s journey, c.1635-65, was previously attributed to Genoese painter Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto). It is one of the most successful lands [+]
A high surface acts as a sort of altar bearing an image of the Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph behind them. Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Ildephonsus stand at a lower level in front, flanking [+]
These two seascapes (P1581 and P1582) are traditionally considered pendants. In the Museum’s older catalogues and inventories they are attributed to Cornelis Molenaer (ca. 1540-1589) until 1933. As of [+]
It has often been stated that this painting is part of a series of four, all now in the Prado, but that is probably not the case. The dimensions of all four paintings (P1619, P1620, P1621, P1622) are [+]
An inquiring and original artist, as well as an extraordinary draughtsman, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione travelled throughout much of Italy (besides his native Genoa, he worked in Rome, Mantua, Venic [+]
Until 1920, this painting appears in the Prado catalogues as an original by Cornelis Molenaer (1530/50-1589). However, in the 1889 edition it is noted that Bredius believes it to have been painted by [+]
These two seascapes (P1581 and P1582) are traditionally considered pendants. In the Museum`s older catalogues and inventories they are attributed to Cornelis Molenaer (ca. 1540-1589) until 1933. As of [+]
Standing alongside a velvet curtain with her left hand resting on a buffet covered with a crimson velvet cloth, Christine of Lorraine wears a black robe adorned with gold buttons and holds a fan in he [+]
Portrayed in more than half-length, Catalina Micaela (1567-1597) wears an entirely black dress with lace collar and cuffs, inner sleeves of golden white and white ribbons. A double string of pearls, a [+]
This mythological scene is one of the three currently-known paintings by Pieter Fris. It depicts the moment when Orpheus, having descended into the realm of darkness to search for his wife Eurydice, k [+]
We see the upper body of a figure, in profile, with his head raised to the sky. His arms and hands are stretched out in admiration and surprise. The saint is wearing a poor grey habit and his head is [+]
The first verified Spanish documentation of Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist or Madonna of the Rose, c. 1517, dates from 1657. In 1642 Wenceslaus Hollar engraved this composition aft [+]
This work increases and enhances the Museum’s very small collection of portraits of the Flemish middle-classes. Key worked for various Spaniards in the Low Countries and this is a particularly good ex [+]
As Zuccari correctly noted, this is a study for Nebbia´s lunette fresco of the Donation of Constantine painted in the Benediction Loggia of S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, in c. 1590 (Madonna, 1993, p. [+]
Gabriele Finaldi was the first to point out that the seated pope seems to be Pius V (Ghislieri), the Dominican, pro-Spanish pontiff who reigned from 1566 to 1572. As Cardinal Ghislieri, he held the of [+]
In Greek mythology, the chimera was a fire-breathing female monster resembling a lion in the forepart, a goat in the middle and a dragon in the hind. According to legend, she was a daughter of Typhaon [+]
This drawing was formerly placed under the name of the French painter Jacques Blanchard (1600-1638), to whom it is traditionally attributed. The style, however, points directly to the work of the late [+]