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The saint holds a bunch of Madonna lilies in allusion to her purity and a garland of roses that recalls her name. Her attitude brings this depiction closer to the most characteristic models of Guido R [+]
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The first known reference to this painting from the Spanish Royal Collection dates from 1700, when it was mentioned as being in the Alcázar, Madrid, along with another painting by Luca Giordano [+]
This painting belongs to the Neapolitan group of scenes of ancient Roman life that were ordered in the early to mid 1630s by the Viceroy of Naples, the Count of Monterrey, to decorate the Buen Retiro [+]
Representa a María Giovanna Battista de Saboya-Nemours, duquesa de Saboya (1644-1724), hija primogénita de Carlos Amadeo de Saboya-Nemours y de Isabela de Borbón. Era bisnieta de Enrique IV de Francia [+]
This painting has traditionally featured in literature as the work of Jacob Isaaksz. van Ruisdael (1628-1682); this attribution is based on the signature but is disputed by various authors. During the [+]
La fe de san José fue probada con el embarazo de María. Como era hombre justo y no quería ponerla en evidencia, resolvió repudiarla en secreto. Así lo había planeado cuando un ángel se le apareció en [+]
Hercules wades effortlessly across the powerful Euenos River while his wife, the beautiful Deianira, requires the aid of the centaur Nessus to do so. While ferrying her across, the centaur attempts to [+]
The vault of the former Hall of Ambassadors at the Buen Retiro Palace, constructed alongside the former Royal Quarters of San Jerónimo at the behest of the Count-Duke of Olivares as a royal res [+]
Born in 1702, Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea obtained a marquisate in 1736 following the conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies for the Infante don Carlos. Quartermaster General of the [+]
Fineo, tío de Andrómeda y su prometido, irrumpió en el banquete previo a la boda de esta con Perseo. Iniciada la lucha, Perseo utilizó la cabeza de Medusa para convertir en piedra a Fineo (Ovidio, Met [+]
María aparece recostada con su mano derecha apoyada suavemente en un sillar de piedra, delante del cual hay una cesta de frutas. Mientras, Jesus niño, completamente desnudo, porta en su mano el libro [+]
Work belonging to a series of six paintings, commissioned by the Society of Jesus for the church of its Novitiate in Madrid, on the occasion of the canonization of Juan Francisco de Regis, the first F [+]
Se trata de un dibujo preparatorio para el lienzo del Museo de Viena, que forma parte, con el de la Presentación de la Virgen en el Templo (D02158) de una escena de la Vida de la Virgen. Fechable entr [+]
In this sculptural group conceived in the classical manner Philip V wears a Roman-style cuirass and a curly wig of the French type. Vaccaro’s bronze is a small-scale version of his equestrian monument [+]
Louis, the Grand Dauphin, was the son of Louis XIV. He is represented “in the Ancient manner”, wearing a breastplate and military robes in keeping with classical models that became fashionable during [+]
The cabinet has three sections arranged symmetrically with a bronze handle on each side. The central section has a folding door at the right, with a secret drawer underneath it and four small drawers [+]
This tabletop was sent from Rome by Cardinal Alessandrino, nephew of Pope Pius V, to Philip II of Spain in 1587. Of unusual proportions, it is designed to create the impression that the inlay is made [+]
