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The painting is among a group of eight full-length single-figure composition of saints by Ribera that in 1658 were in the Madrid collection of Don Jerónimo de la Torre, a member of the Royal Co [+]
Traditionally identified as the woman who was a sinner and wept on Christ’s feet and wiped away her tears with her hair (Luke 7:36-50), Mary Magdalene is shown here as the hermit saint she became upon [+]
The saint in this painting can be identified by the knife in his right hand - the tool with which he was skinned. The work is part of a set of four hermits, although it is unusual to see this saint re [+]
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The painting is among a group of eight full-length single-figure composition of saints by Ribera that in 1658 were in the Madrid collection of Don Jerónimo de la Torre, a member of the Royal Co [+]
Francesco Pepe (c. 1684-1759), an influential Jesuit preacher in Naples, promoted the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and acted as intermediary between Pope Benedict XIV and the Bourbon monarch Cha [+]
Sketch for the fresco, The Surrender of Granada, at the old formal dining room in Madrid´s Royal Palace, from 1763. [+]
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Francisco Bayeu, who came from minor nobility, trained in Zaragoza under José Luzán (who, years later, would also teach Francisco de Goya). However, a decisive change in the young Bayeu´ [+]
Barbara of Braganza was an Infanta of Portugal, daughter of King Juan V of Portugal and of María Ana Josefa, Archduchess of Austria. Queen of Spain by marriage to Ferdinand VI of Spain.In 1725 [+]
Como su fecha y su carácter indican, es obra juvenil y de estudio sin duda realizada en Roma y enviada desde allí para dejar constancia de sus progresos. Recuérdese que en mayo de 1758 la Academia: pa [+]
This is the first of a revealing series of sketches that Maella made at the Palazzo Spada, which is almost certainly one of the Roman collections most accessible to artists with scant resources. The y [+]
El modelo visto de espaldas, con una rodilla apoyada en unas rocas y serpientes en las manos. Es posible aceptar la sugerencia de la inscripción antigua que atribuye el dibujo a Varotti, ya que es sem [+]
El autor de esta pintura puede ser alguno de los discípulos o seguidores de Zincke, entre los que se encuentran André o Jean Ronquet (1701-1758), Gervase Spencer (h. 1715-1763), Abraham Seaman o Seema [+]
De orígenes modestos, la fábrica de porcelana de Sèvres obtuvo en 1745 un privilegio para hacer porcelana a la manera sajona y a la manera China. Fue Madame de Pompadour quien logró que se le concedie [+]
De orígenes modestos, la fábrica de porcelana de Sèvres obtuvo en 1745 un privilegio para hacer porcelana a la manera sajona y a la manera China. Fue Madame de Pompadour quien logró que se le concedie [+]
De orígenes modestos, la fábrica de porcelana de Sèvres obtuvo en 1745 un privilegio para hacer porcelana a la manera sajona y a la manera China. Fue Madame de Pompadour quien logró que se le concedie [+]
De orígenes modestos, la fábrica de porcelana de Sèvres obtuvo en 1745 un privilegio para hacer porcelana a la manera sajona y a la manera China. Fue Madame de Pompadour quien logró que se le concedie [+]
