Born in 1786 in New Spain, María Francisca de la Gándara y Cardona was the widow of General Fñelix María Calleja del Rey, the last Spanish Viceroy of Mexico. She died in Va [+]
This portrait of the wife of the banker Henry O’Shea reveals the British influence on Madrazo’s fully romantic period. Her social position is indicated by the quality of the fabrics, laces and jewels, [+]
The dimensions, format, theme, support and pictorial style of these three works -The Crucifixion (P8211), Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Museo de Salamanca, CE 106) and The Resurrection (P8212)- al [+]
Los personajes retratados en esta obra son los primeros duques de San Fernando de Quiroga. La duquesa, María Luisa Fernanda de Borbón y Vallabriga (1783-1846) fue hija del matrimonio morganático del i [+]
The Chronological Series of the Kings of Spain was a museum project planned in 1847 by José de Madrazo to adorn four of the new rooms at the Real Museo de Pinturas (Royal Museum of Paintings), [+]
The most famous of Esquivel´s pieces and a leading work of Spanish Romanticism. Considered the maximum graphical testimony to the intellectual atmosphere during the reign of Isabel II (1830 - 1904), t [+]
The dimensions, format, theme, support and pictorial style of these three works -The Crucifixion (P8211), Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Museo de Salamanca, CE 106) and The Resurrection (P8212)- al [+]
The panel has been trimmed on all four sides but little of the painted surface can have been lost. It is made from two boards of Baltic oak, both from the same tree; the last ring was formed in 1372. [+]
After an initial training with Goya, Rosario Weiss completed her education in Bordeaux with Pierre Lacour, from whom she learned the art of the portrait. This became her speciality upon her return to [+]
This work bears exceptional witness to the concurrence of Fortuny’s painting with that of his close friend, Raimundo de Madrazo. Begun by the former, it was completed after his death by the latter wit [+]
Sancha of León was a princess and queen of León (1018-1067). The Chronological Series of the Kings of Spain was a museum project planned in 1847 by José de Madrazo to adorn four o [+]
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This work recalls the Spanish tradition in sculpture, and particularly the work of Gregorio Fernández (1576-1636), as well as the classical tradition of sleeping bacchantes. Vallmitjana, howeve [+]
Es una litografía de Andreas Pic de Leopold (1789?-después de 1860) que reproduce el lienzo del taller de Velázquez conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P01213). La estampa representa la Fuente [+]
Es una litografía de Andreas Pic de Leopold (1789?-después de 1860) que reproduce el lienzo del taller de Velázquez conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P01213). La estampa representa la Fuente [+]
Es una litografía de Andreas Pic de Leopold (1789?-después de 1860) que reproduce el lienzo del taller de Velázquez conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P01213). Representa la Fuente de los Trit [+]
The Company for the engraving of the paintings from the Royal Palaces was one of the Spanish Enlightenment’s major undertakings during the second half of the 18th century. It supervised the reproducti [+]
Anuncio de moda de París, 1846: vestido en tejido merino con volantes bordados, pluma de Chagot, guantes de Mayer, pañuelo de Chapron, y perfume de Guerlain. Petit Courrier des Dames. [Paris: Mess. S. [+]