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This painting illustrates a scene from Goethe´s Faust. Specifically, the moment when Margaret finds a jewelry box in her bedroom closet. Mephistopheles gave it to Faust as a tempting gift for his belo [+]
In Book II of his Metamorphosis, Ovid tells how Jupiter tricked Callisto. This very beautiful nymph who was part of Diana the Huntress´ entourage was seduced by Jupiter, who took on the appearan [+]
On August 10, 1759, Ferdinand VI died without a descendant. As a result, his stepbrother Charles, then King of Naples and Sicily, inherited the Spanish throne. The first of seven children of Philip V [+]
La efigie muestra al único hijo varón de Luis XV y de Maria Lecszinska, hija de Estanislao Lecszinski, rey de Polonia y más tarde duque de Lorena. Nació en Versalles el 4 de septiembre de 1729 y falle [+]
The sketch, almost schematic character of this composition makes this one of the most attractive bullfighting scenes ever painted by Fortuny. It offers a panoramic view of a bullring -probably in Madr [+]
This scene from Book VI of Ovid´s Metamorphosis, shows the god Jupiter´s seduction of the nymph, Antiope. This very beautiful nymph was seduced by the Lord of Olympus, who took the form of [+]
A group of sorrowful figures is illuminated by the rays of divine light which pierce the darkness that fell with the death of Christ, shown lying in his mother’s lap and anointed by Mary Magdalene. Th [+]
The child in the portrait appears to be the Infanta María Isabel (1743-1749), the third daughter of Charles of Bourbon and Maria Amalia of Saxony, whose birth was received with special joy afte [+]
Shortly after his arrival in Spain in 1753, Giaquinto embarked on a series of eight canvases on scenes from the Passion for the King’s Oratory in the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid. The series also incl [+]
A New Testament scene (Luke 1, 26-38) that depicts the Archangel Gabriel´s Annunciation to the Virgin Mary and her acceptance of the fact that she will become the Mother of God through the intercessio [+]
Charles III described Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724-1760) as possessing the wit of an angel, and felt himself to be the happiest and most fortunate man in the world. The portrait of his young wife refl [+]
The Infanta (1743-1749), the daughter of Charles III, is seen playing with a little dog, as in another portrait of her at an earlier age and in that of The Family of Philip V. The picture may have bee [+]
Obra perteneciente a una serie para el oratorio del Rey, en el Palacio del Buen Retiro. En ella vemos a Cristo que se esfuerza en portar la Cruz, caído en el suelo, rodeado de sayones que, en difícile [+]
This painting depicts the moment when the Spanish fleet commanded by the Marquis of La Victoria leaves the port of Naples after having taken aboard the new monarch, Charles III, and his family. Accomp [+]
This canvas is one of a group of eight painted by Giaquinto shortly after his arrival in Spain in 1753. It was painted for the King’s Prayer Chamber in the Buen Retiro palace. The series was devoted t [+]
This canvas was part of a series on the Passion that decorated the private oratory of Ferdinand VI in the Buen Retiro palace until 1808. Giaquinto establishes a contrast between Christ’s submission an [+]
Figura masculina sentada en una nube, mirando hacia la derecha y por encima de la cabeza una tela flotante. En la misma composición hay un estudio de manos para la misma figura. Dibujo preparatorio pa [+]
Figura femenina sentada en una nube con la cabeza de perfil derecho. Dibujo preparatorio para la figura correspondiente en la parte inferior izquierda del fresco de la Apoteosis de Hércules, pintado a [+]
