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A member of a dynasty of artists that began with his grandfather, the sculptor Pablo González Velázquez (1664-1727), Zacarías González Velázquez initially trained wi [+]
The painting entered the Museum as an original work by Herman van Swanevelt. This attribution is maintained in later catalogues and accepted by all authors. In early Museum catalogues the work is desc [+]
This painting entered the Museum`s holdings as Saint Francis in the Brambles by Jan Both. The scene is correctly classified in the catalogue of 1873. A decade later Valdivieso (1973) identifies it as [+]
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 [+]
En la orilla de una laguna bordeada de juncos y espadañas dos cazadores con sus escopetas, uno de pie y otro sentado, acechan cualquier movimiento en la laguna. A la izquierda, cierra la composición e [+]
Traditionally identified as the woman who was a sinner and wept on Christ’s feet and wiped away her tears with her hair (Luke 7:36-50), Mary Magdalene is shown here as the hermit saint she became upon [+]
The painting entered the Museum`s holdings as an original work by Herman van Swanevelt, an attribution that has been maintained by subsequent catalogues. In 1973 Valdivieso identifies it as the landsc [+]
In late 1629, the thirty-year-old Velázquez went to Italy for the first time, remaining there for more than a year. During this trip he executed various history paintings, some portraits and at [+]
The painting entered the Museum as an original by Jan Both, and it is recorded as such in subsequent inventories and catalogues until the edition of 1976. Further, up until 1972 it is described in the [+]
Although the painting entered the Museum as a copy of a work by Jan Both, it is recorded as an anonymous work by the Flemish school from the 1843 catalogue onwards. It is listed as such by Díaz [+]
This painting entered the Museum as an original work by Herman van Swanevelt and as companion piece to Landscape with Hermit preaching (P5121), an attribution maintained in all subsequent catalogues a [+]
An inquiring and original artist, as well as an extraordinary draughtsman, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione travelled throughout much of Italy (besides his native Genoa, he worked in Rome, Mantua, Venic [+]
This is a rare and particularly fine example of one of Coello’s religious compositions, painted on cork for the Monastery of El Escorial. Accompanied by his mother Mary, the Christ Child appears to Sa [+]
This painting shows the finale of a brutal encounter between two female fighters. The woman on the right has attained the upper hand over her opponent, who has fallen injured to the ground, and is abo [+]
From 1888, Riancho regularly painted the countryside around his native Entrambasmestas, particularly focusing on the topography of this mountainous area. The yellows and ochres of the trees and the dr [+]
In keeping with his interest in Queen Juana “la Loca,” Pradilla painted this painting of the queen´s confinement in Tordesillas Castle, where she spent the rest of her life alongside the cadaver of he [+]
The Virgin Mary stands on the Moon, surrounded by clouds in an image that varies from the predominant approach to representations of the Immaculate Conception in Seville. Most such works emphasize dyn [+]
This composition reflects the ideals of José Güell (1818-1884), the boys’ father, a friend of the artist and a writer and liberal journalist. The fact that the sitters are freeing some gol [+]
