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The eldest son of King Juan II of Aragon and Queen Blanca of Navarre, Carlos de Viana was heir to both thrones, yet his father disowned him in favor of his other son, Fernando “The Catholic.” Because [+]
Al poco de su muerte se recordaba que Alenza recorría como Goya los barrios bajos de la Corte, las tabernas, los ventorrillos de las afueras, las casillas del río, observando las fisonomías, trajes, m [+]
Pareja de la obra El sacamuelas (P7945) y pintado en el mismo año de 1844, presenta una clara relación con la obra homónima de Velázquez, que Alenza conoció en el Museo del Prado. En este lienzo, de t [+]
Holding his spectacles in his right hand, the subject of this portrait gazes at the viewer. He has momentarily left the composition he is working on, which is dated 1844 and is partially legible. It i [+]
This scene belongs to the type of Italianate landscape which Asselijn cultivated in Holland based on drawings and sketches made from the life during his stay in Rome. Blankert (1965) dates the work to [+]
Leonardo Alenza y Nieto was, without doubt, the painter par excellence of romantic costumbrismo from Madrid. (Costumbrismo refers to nineteenth-century genre scenes representing folkloric subjects and [+]
Miguel Parra was one of the most important artists in Valencia during the first half of the nineteenth century. he held leading posts in artistic institutions in that city and añsp in the court [+]
Miguel Parra was one of the most important artists in Valencia during the first half of the nineteenth century. he held leading posts in artistic institutions in that city and añsp in the court [+]
This portrait presents the lady at full length, dressed in the fashion of the time in a tulle gown with lace details. Goya perfectly captures the translucence of the fabric, through which we see the s [+]
Retrato del pintor Edmond Wodick (Haldensleben, Alemania, 1816 – Magdeburgo, Alemania, 1886), hijo de un pintor alemán experto en decoraciones, después de un aprendizaje en Magdeburgo como litógrafo c [+]
Retrato de Pietro Tenerani, escultor que comenzó su formación en la Academia de Bellas Artes de Turín hasta que consiguió marchar a Roma en 1813. Se convirtió en la mano derecha del escultor Bertel Th [+]
Retrato de Ponciano Ponzano, notable escultor unido desde muy temprano a la Academia de Bellas Artes de Zaragoza y discípulo del escultor José Álvarez Cubero (1768-1827), con quien se formó en sus ini [+]
Retrato del pintor Louis Robbe (Courtrai, Bélgica, 1808 – Bruselas, 1887), quien aprovechando un viaje a España y amparado por el pintor Genaro Pérez Villaamil (1807-1854), presentó en 1844 un cuadro [+]
Eurydice, wife of the musician and poet Orpheus, was bitten by a viper and died of the wound. Her expression here, however, conveys no pain; she seems to be playing with the snake rather than receivin [+]
This work´s conception -Saint Jerome listening to the trumpets of the Last Judgement- stems from Piquer´s trip to Paris in 1840. That is where he made the plaster original in 1842. Once ca [+]
