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Michel-Ange Houasse, son of the painter René-Antoine Houasse (c.1645-1710), had enjoyed a long career during the reign of Louis XIV of France (r.1643-1715). From 1715 until his death, Michel-An [+]
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This canvas depicts an unidentified young girl, aged around four, perhaps a member of the French court. Playing with birds and animals was part of children’s education and its depiction in art was gen [+]
El santo se sitúa en un ambiente palaciego señalado por el fuste de columna y el cortinaje que se ven a sus espaldas. Distribuye monedas a tres mendigos que, junto con el niño que sujeta la bandeja y [+]
Lady María Luisa de Toledo y Carreto (1656-1707), portrayed on this canvas, was the only daughter of the Marquis of Mancera, Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, viceroy of New Spain between 166 [+]
Felipe (1720-1765), the son of Philip V and Isabella Farnese, married Louise Elisabeth of France, daughter of Louis XV, in 1739. With the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) he received the family duchies [+]
There is a print by Pietro Monaco (1707-1772), published by Guglielmo Zerletti in Venice in 1763, which reproduces a painting of the Marriage at Cana then attributed to Jacopo and owned by the lawyer [+]
San Pablo, de medio cuerpo y de espaldas, vuelve su cabeza hacia el espectador. Sostiene en sus manos la espada y el libro. Éste (D01374) junto a otros tres dibujos, (D01371, D01372 y D01373) son cuat [+]
San Pablo, de medio cuerpo y de frente; el libro y la espada en las manos.Éste (D01372) junto a otros tres dibujos, (D01374, D01371 y D01373) son cuatro esplendidos estudios anónimos para una figura d [+]
San Pablo, de medio cuerpo y de frente, alza la cabeza, la mirada elevada al cielo y la boca entreabierta.Éste (D01373) junto a otros tres dibujos, (D01374, D01372 y D01371) son cuatro esplendidos est [+]
San Pablo, de medio cuerpo y de frente; la cabeza ligeramente inclinada hacia abajo, sostiene la espada y el libro en las manos.Éste (D01371) junto a otros tres dibujos, (D01374, D01372 y D01373) son [+]
In Brun´s (?) collection as École da Correggio. Copy of a Section of Corregio´s Assumption of the Virgin In the Cupola of Parma Cathedral. The style suggests that the copyist may have been an e [+]
The monarch is mounted, dressed in Roman style and holds a sceptre and the reins of his prancing horse. Below, two vanquished figures in supplicating poses symbolise the French king’s triumphs over hi [+]
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 [+]
A vessel composed of a raised bowl made from a piece of greyish jade in the form of a lotus leaf, with long-stalked leaves cut and tied in a bundle to form a handle. At the top, an animal, perhaps a d [+]
