This set of paintings on the five senses (Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch) was one of the most successful collaborations of Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel “the elder.” Rubens placed his figure [+]
A passage from the New Testament (Luke I, 26-38) that tells of the annunciation of the Virgin´s motherhood by the Archangel Gabriel and the incarnation of Christ in Mary by the Holy Ghost in the form [+]
This panel is part of the altarpiece or seasonal altar of the Guisando Nativity (P00683–P00690). This is a structure frequently found in numerous Spanish monastic cloisters. It comes precisely from th [+]
This is the central panel of the altar piece in the archdeacon’s chapel in the cathedral of Zaragoza, built by Bernardo Villalba, archdeacon of this city, and Jaime Hospital, canon and archdeacon of B [+]
Standing on clouds at the center of the composition, Moses points toward the sunbeams shining down from the sky. Beneath him, Abraham and Isaac are accompanied by the sacrificial lamb. To the left of [+]
The six musician angels (triangle, harp, flute, castanets, a type of violin and a tambourine) decorated the doors of a tabernacle. Despite the chromatic variety, the choice of a cool palette produces [+]
This preparatory sketch for the ceiling of Charles III’s former bedroom at the Royal Palace in Madrid depicts the Institution of the Order of Charles III following the birth of the King’s first male g [+]
This altarpiece consists of nine large panels plus the eighteen that make up the predella. The main scene is The Virgin with the Christ Child surrounded by Angel Musicians, which is completed with fiv [+]
The Virgin is crowned in the heavens by God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit, depicted in the form of a dove with its wings outstretched. Around them are grouped thirty-three saints of a type ch [+]
This is the earliest surviving work signed and dated by Carreño, and its style is still closely linked to masters from the first half of the century. Palomino, who knew and had contact with Car [+]
El santo aparece rodeado por ángeles músicos con diferentes instrumentos musicales representados con gran detalle, entre ellos un violón, un arpa diatónica, una guitarra y parte de un órgano realejo o [+]
Various Angels playing instruments surround the Virgin, including one at the right with a lute whose instrument and technique are very believably represented. At his side, two other musician angels pl [+]
Sebastián Aparicio (1502-1600) was born in La Gudiña (Orense) and first worked as an agricultural labourer. In 1533 he went to Mexico where he became a landowner then entered the Francis [+]
This painting is made in three planes. At the top, Christ on the throne between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist with the Lamb at his feet, from which a spring flows. In the middle plane are a [+]
On August 29, 1626, King Philip IV’s painter, Vicente Carducho (ca. 1576-1638), signed a contract for the creation of a cycle of paintings to celebrate the founding of the Carthusian Order by Saint Br [+]
La fe de san José fue probada con el embarazo de María. Como era hombre justo y no quería ponerla en evidencia, resolvió repudiarla en secreto. Así lo había planeado cuando un ángel se le apareció en [+]
El dibujo es una copia literal del lienzo de Domenichino conservado en la pinacoteca de Bolonia, encargado al artista entre 1617 y 1621 para el convento de Santa Inés, aunque lo debió de terminar ya e [+]
Dibujo que presenta en primer termino a David en pie, con la espada y la honda en el brazo derecho y apoyado el izquierdo sobre la cabeza de Goliath que yace sobre un ara; en ella dos angelitos suenan [+]