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A group of scholars discuss various questions in a room. Some are sitting around tables while others contemplate some of the many paintings and art objects scattered around the room. Depictions of dil [+]
This set of paintings on the five senses was one of the most successful collaborations of Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel “the Elder”. Rubens placed his figures in the magnificent courtly scenes cr [+]
This canvas and its companion, Taste, Hearing and Touch (P1404), represent the five senses embodied by female figures in palatial interiors. The sense of smell is conveyed by a woman holding flowers, [+]
This decoration of the front of a chest depicts the seven Liberal Arts, accompanied by an equal number of figures that represent the most relevant personages in each discipline. All are being crowned [+]
This canvas, like P7349, is one of a group of six preparatory designs for the tapestries made for the private room of the Princess of Asturias in the Royal Palace. In each canvas a putto holds symbols [+]
The painting is one of the most celebrated of Jusepe de Ribera´s so-called ragged philosophers. Although born in Spain, the artist spent his entire professional life in Italy. He appears to have [+]
En el centro, en pie, la Pintura; a la derecha, sentada de perfil, con el compás y la escuadra, la Arquitectura; al fondo, la Escultura.Es apunte que enlaza con el estilo de Novelli, en el trazado de [+]
The donkey is symbolic of ignorance. Goya here denounces miseducation through his criticism of a teaching system predicated on the incompetence of the teachers and the ineptitude of the students. The [+]
This drawing has rarely been exhibited and studied, but it is, nevertheless, one of the most beautiful due to its monumental and synthetic feel. Using only sharp crayon strokes, Goya defines the conto [+]
In the centre is a symbolic representation of Mathematics based on Cesare Ripa’s Iconology (1593). Holding a globe in one hand, with the other she uses a compass on a tablet held up by a boy. The flan [+]
The figure of Philosophy, personified by the woman in the centre, holds a sceptre, book and hourglass. Accompanying her are, amongst other figures, the Greek philosopher Theophrastus, considered the f [+]
One of the most significant allegorical images of the arts from the end of the Renaissance is this print engraved by Cort after a drawing by Van der Straet, known as Stradanus. The drawing, now at the [+]
Sin firmas de grabador ni dibujante los datos se han tomado del primer estado. La estampa hace pareja con la del retrato de Maria Luisa de Borbón. Se trata de una estampación de principios del siglo X [+]
La estampa de Carlos IV, dibujada y grabada por Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona, hace pareja con la del retrato de Maria Luisa de Borbón (G01709 y G02527). Estampada entre 1778 y 1788 fecha en la que su [+]
La estampa de Carlos IV, dibujada y grabada por Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona, hace pareja con la del retrato de Maria Luisa de Borbón (G01709 y G02527). Estampada entre 1778 y 1788 fecha en la que su [+]
This table has the image of a painting of a seascape and its frame, back to front, as well as playing cards, various chips, a ruler, a hammer, a compass and other carpentry tools, two buckles, a key r [+]
