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Juan Francisco Alfonso de Pimentel Ponce de León, 10th Count and 7th Duke of Benavente (1584-1652), is portrayed more than half length with a whole host of attributes that confirm is supreme mi [+]
Manuel Silvela y García de Aragón was born in Valladolid on 31 October 1781. His father died when he was just seven years old. After having spent several years in Ávila under the [+]
Oil on panel. Signed. [+]
This New Testament scene depicts the Descent from the Cross of Christ´s body (Matthew 28, 57-61; Mark 15, 42-47; Luke 23, 50-55; John 19, 38-42). Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Saint John the Evan [+]
The hero of Republican Rome, Lucius Quinctius Cinncinatus had abandoned public life and retired to farm work. This painting depicts the moment when various representatives of the Senate offer to name [+]
Luca Giordano (1634-1705) made an equestrian portrait of Charles II for the Hall of Mirrors at Madrid’s Alcázar palace to emphasize the dynastic continuum in which Charles II constituted the la [+]
Until very recently there was total confusion as to the origin of this painting and the circumstances surrounding its entry into the Royal Collection. Its original owner was formerly thought to have b [+]
En el plano superior aparece la Virgen sentada sobre una nube sostenida por ángeles; abajo y en sombra, ángeles músicos. El artista señala la existencia de planos a través del color y del detalle, más [+]
Among the painters working in Madrid, Pereda possessed one of the most distinctive styles, which derived from his study of Flemish and Venetian painting and is evident in works that combine chromatic [+]
This still life shows the inside of a cupboard. On the shelf are a group of birds consisting of two serins, two goldfinches and two sparrows on a cane, as well as three carrots, two radishes, and a la [+]
A. E. Pérez Sánchez publicó en 1970 su fotografía y su identificación en los inventarios antiguos de El Escorial (Madrid 1970a). En la actualidad, el formato de la obra aparece alterado en todos sus l [+]
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 [+]
Dos madres se presentaron ante el rey Salomón con sendos niños, uno de ellos muerto. Ambas se disputaban al vivo, declarándose su madre legítima. El rey ordenó que dividieran en dos al niño vivo y die [+]
Giordano representa el combate entre Turno, rey de los Rútulos, y Eneas, príncipe troyano, hijo de Anquises y Venus. La escena tiene lugar en el Lacio, a donde llegó Eneas una vez concluida la Guerra [+]
Joaquina Téllez-Girón y Pimentel (1784-1851) was the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Osuna and Marchioness of Santa Cruz by her marriage to José Gabriel de Silva y Walstein in [+]
María aparece recostada con su mano derecha apoyada suavemente en un sillar de piedra, delante del cual hay una cesta de frutas. Mientras, Jesus niño, completamente desnudo, porta en su mano el libro [+]
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos was one of the most illustrious representatives of the Spanish Enlightenment, a man of letters, writer and poet, as well as a statesman with advanced ideas. Born in Gij&oa [+]
La Magdalena penitente de Giordano ilustra sobre las dudas que sus imitaciones suscitaron en épocas diversas. A pesar de que ingresó en la Colección Real en el siglo XVIII con la atribución correcta, [+]
