This painting is a copy of the lower part of El Greco’s celebrated original on display in the church of Santo Tomé, Toledo. A work of considerable quality, it reveals an interesting variety of [+]
A medallion portraying the young Charles of Bourbon (1716-1788), recently proclaimed King of Naples and Sicily, who would become King Charles III of Spain in 1759. Shown in profile with a large wig an [+]
El Emperador viste arnés y paludamento y lleva sobre el peto, en relieve, la cabeza de Gorgona. La basa es de jaspe morado claro. Está deteriorado por haber permanecido expuesto al aire libre. Present [+]
Tuccia was one of the virgins at the temple of Vesta, goddess of fire. Accused of adultery, she proved her innocence by carrying water in a sieve without spilling a drop. This marble head is closely b [+]
This marble statue and other seven more (E000041, E000040, E000062, E000061, E000038, E000069, E000037) were unearthed in about 1500 in Hadrian´s Villa at Tivoli, where the decorated the stage of the [+]
Busto algo mayor que el natural en el que la cabeza está pegada. Puede tratarse de un retrato del emperador Tito,uno de cuyos modelos se encuentra en Roma, en el Museo Capitolino. Barrón (1908) y Rica [+]
This was part of a series of decorative reliefs with the heads of fauns or maenads. Some wear a wreath with bunches of grapes. Drawings of fifteen of these reliefs appear in the album of the Marquis o [+]
This was part of a series of decorative reliefs with the heads of fauns or maenads. Some wear a wreath with bunches of grapes. Drawings of fifteen of these reliefs appear in the album of the Marquis o [+]