This canvas is one of a group of portraits collected by María Luisa de Orleans (1662-1689), first wife of Carlos II of Spain, which would become part of the Royal Collection. Some of these pain [+]
Composición dividida en dos partes: la inferior o terrenal, con los personajes de la Virgen, el Niño, San José y los pastores con ofrendas y la superior o celestial, con un grupo de ángeles portadores [+]
Philip II of Orleans (1674 -1723) second son of Philip I of Orleans (P2301, P2345, P2380) and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (P2352) was regent of France during the minority of his nephew Louis [+]
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This painting was purchased by Charles IV for his personal collection, but was later transferred to the royal collections. Its facture and composition are similar to those of the works of French paint [+]
The scene, with a distinctly genre flavour, depicts a passage from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). The main figure, wearing armour, kneels awaiting to be dubbed a knight; the amusing f [+]
Las figuras de esta obra, así como las de las obras P1371 a P1379, se atribuyen a Peeter Bout. [+]
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 [+]
This portrait of Philip V is based on a prototype devised by Meléndez in the 1720s. It combines a French model with the use of broad, zig-zagging brushstrokes typical of the Madrid Baroque styl [+]
Paisaje con grupos de pastores y caminantes; a la derecha, un río o laguna con barcas y pescadores; fondo montañoso con vista de un pueblo fortificado. Las figuras de esta obra (así como las de las ob [+]
Xavier de salas, en nota manuscrita conservada en el servicio de documentación del Museo del Prado, afirmaba: El retratado en el Prado sea quien fuese es indudablementeel que aparece en el ángulo infe [+]
This work belongs to a series inspired by passages from Don Quixote portrayed with the same satirical humour as in Cervantes´text. The famous knight, seated at a table, is served by innkeepers in a pa [+]
Saint John the Baptist looks out at the viewer with a direct, decided gaze. His face is framed by the diagonal lines of his arms while his body is emphasised by the pronounced chiaroscuro. The saint i [+]
This is an official portrait of Felipe V (1683-1746), the first Bourbon king of Spain. The grandson of Louis XIV (1638-1715) of France, he was born in Versailles and was proclaimed King of Spain in 17 [+]
This painting was purchased by Charles IV for his personal collection, but was later transferred to the royal collections. Its facture and composition are similar to those of the works of French paint [+]
Las representaciones de San Juan Bautista como niño tienen su origen en el Renacimiento italiano, pero los pintores de ese momento emparejaron generalmente su figura infantil con la del Niño Jesús, de [+]
Wearing a child´s dress of branched yellow fabric with silver adornments and the sash and cross of the Order of the Saint-Esprit, the future monarch rests his right hand on a small dog that stan [+]
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