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At a harbour with ruins in the background, a young woman wearing an annoyed expression gathers the catch accompanied by a handsome sailor in a Phrygian cap who gestures authoritatively towards the you [+]
María Teresa Vallabriga y Rozas (1759-1820), was the wife of the infante Luis de Borbón (1727-1785), the brother of King Carlos III (1716-1788). As a member of the lower nobility, he was [+]
Goya breaks with Baroque tradition, interpreting this typified subject according to the new principles of Neoclassicism. The clothing no longer flies around the figure, but instead adapts to the body [+]
Outside the entrance to the same fortress that can be glimpsed in the background of Fisherfolk, the gentleman now embarks with his elegantly dressed new wife, whom he has taken away from her old life. [+]
This is an early work within Lawrence’s career. It offers a penetrating depiction of the sitter, who is presented in a direct, intimate manner with particular attention to the details, which are paint [+]
Born in 1784 in El Escorial, Fernando VII was Carlos IV eldest son by Maria Luisa. In 1815, after abolishing the Constitution, he reined as an absolute monarch. He appears wearing the symbols of his r [+]
This is the preparatory cartoon for the inlaid hardstone tabletop (O0214). The motifs of paintings and books refer to the Liberal Arts, while the hurdy-gurdy is based on a model by Pierre Louvet. [+]
This canvas depicts the swearing-in ceremony held on 23 September 1789 of the heir to the throne, the Infante don Fernando (1784-1833). It took place in the church of the monastery of San Jerón [+]
Espinós structures his composition into three contrasting parts, including a mythological scene with two sculptural Olympian gods in the centre. They are surrounded by a large and colourful gar [+]
Noblemen and their ladies mingle along a popular path that links Madrid´s Manzanares River with the Puerta de Atocha. Their elegant postures reflect a courtly etiquette that contrasts with the r [+]
Batoni combined the sobriety and naturalism of Neo-classical portraiture with the elegance and sensual appeal of Italian painting. George Legge, an English aristocrat making the Grand Tour, was a frie [+]
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This “cartoon” or highly finished preparatory sketch was used as the basis for a tabletop inlaid with hardstones, which is part of a table in the Museum’s collection (O-477) that was originally in the [+]
This is the preparatory cartoon for the inlaid hardstone tabletop (O-215). It depicts a landscape with Roman ruins, the pyramid of Gaius Cestius and the tomb of Cecilia Metella. Flipart animates the s [+]
Catalogado a su ingreso en el Museo en 1847 como “retrato de la Sa infanta Da Carlota Reyna de Portugal” de Joaquín Inza (1736-1811), forma parte de un grupo de retratos de infantes y del príncipe Fer [+]
A portrait of the Duke of Osuna, Pedro Téllez Girón (1755-1807); his wife, the Countess-Duchess of Benavente, Josefa Alonso de Pimentel (1752-1834) and their four children: Francisco de [+]
Joaquina Téllez-Girón (1784-1851) married José de Silva Bazán, the future Marquis of Santa Cruz, in 1801. Goya had painted her as a child in the family portrait and alone, [+]
This full-length portrait by Pompeo Batoni shows a young English nobleman dressed in a scarlet coat, posing against the Roman countryside. The picture conforms to the Grand Tour portrait model of whic [+]
