Juan Francisco Alfonso de Pimentel Ponce de León, 10th Count and 7th Duke of Benavente (1584-1652), is portrayed more than half length with a whole host of attributes that confirm is supreme mi [+]
This image of King Charles III was paired with a portrait of his wife, Maria Amalia of Saxony (P2201), although the image of the queen was not painted in her presence. Instead, it was invented on the [+]
In its present state the painting reveals two different phases of creation. The apparent age of the sitter and the notable similarities with his appearance in Velázquez`s portrait of the elderl [+]
Luca Giordano (1634-1705) made an equestrian portrait of Charles II for the Hall of Mirrors at Madrid’s Alcázar palace to emphasize the dynastic continuum in which Charles II constituted the la [+]
This was one of the paintings decorating the Hall of Realms at Madrid´s Buen Retiro Palace, where various discourses (territorial, mythological, military, and so on) combined to make up the decoration [+]
The baton in the sitter’s right hand and the cannon indicate that he is an artillery general, while the insignia hanging from his neck denotes his membership of the Order of Calatrava. Stylistically t [+]
Here, the doge of the Republic of Genoa emerges through the gates of the city in order to receive Don Álvaro de Bazán, the Marquis of Santa Cruz, who has arrived as the commander of a fl [+]
The adolescent King Sebastian is depicted with all of the customary conventions associated with formal portraits of the Habsburgs. These portraits´ models of authority and power, which perfectly embod [+]
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 [+]
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 [+]
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 [+]
Es una litografía de Pierre-Jules Jollivet (1794-1871) que reproduce el lienzo de Velázquez conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P1176). Esta estampa se entregaba con el cuadernillo LXVIII acomp [+]
Entre 1777 y 1778 diversos ilustrados manifestaron su preocupación por la falta de grabadores que acometieran el proyecto de reproducir las pinturas que se conservaban en las colecciones españolas, fu [+]
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 [+]
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 [+]
Es una litografía de Pierre-Jules Jollivet que reproduce el lienzo de Velázquez conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P1176). Estampa encuadernada en el segundo volumen, cuadernillo LXVIII, con u [+]
Entre 1777 y 1778 diversos ilustrados manifestaron su preocupación por la falta de grabadores que acometieran el proyecto de reproducir las pinturas que se conservaban en las colecciones españolas, fu [+]