Saint Joseph’s Dream represent the order received by St Joseph to save the Christ child from the slaughter of the Innocent, and the release of the Liberation of Saint Peter (P3141), was imprisoned by Herod. The academic nudes reveals the training of the young painter, whose loose, impasted technique recalls that of his master Maella, though he employs a cooler palette. The forced perspective indic
This work and its companion (P6413) belonged to Jean de Croy, Count of Solre and captain of the Flemish Royal Guard of Archers, of which Van der Hamen was a member. Unframed, the two paintings hung in De Croy’s Madrid palace, where they flanked the entrance to the painting gallery. As such, they may have served as a trompe l’oeil expansion of the real space, whose floor they probably reproduce. Th
Meléndez’s works are characterized by his interest in familiar, everyday realities, which he places in the immediate foreground as if seeking direct contact with the viewer. And yet, in the context of this desire to create a repertoire of common foodstuffs and utensils, we occasionally find a more distinguished and decorative object, less popular than its everyday kitchen surroundings. Here
Ramón Martí Alsina trained as an artist within the spirit of Romanticism. However, after several visits to Paris from 1855 onwards, he came into contact with French realist painting and thereafter became one of the channels for the renewal of landscape painting in Spain. Together with Carlos de Haes and Martín Rico, Martí Alsina was one of the painters who introduced re
This work and its companion (P4158) belonged to Jean de Croy, Count of Solre and captain of the Flemish Royal Guard of Archers, of which Van der Hamen was a member. Unframed, the two paintings hung in De Croy’s Madrid palace, where they flanked the entrance to the painting gallery. As such, they may have served as a trompe l’oeil expansion of the real space, whose floor they probably reproduce. Th
Represent the order received by St Joseph to save the Christ child from the slaughter of the Innocent, and the release of the Liberation of Saint Peter, was imprisoned by Herod. The academic nudes reveals the training of the young painter, whose loose, impasted technique recalls that of his master Maella, though he employs a cooler palette. The forced perspective indicates that the finished pictur
De orígenes modestos, la fábrica de porcelana de Sèvres obtuvo en 1745 un privilegio para hacer porcelana a la manera sajona y a la manera China. Fue Madame de Pompadour quien logró que se le concediera el título de manufactura real de porcelana, siendo trasladada en 1756 a una propiedad suya en Sèvres; mientras que cuando Luís XV se hizo cargo personalmente de ella, se le concedieron grandes subv
De orígenes modestos, la fábrica de porcelana de Sèvres obtuvo en 1745 un privilegio para hacer porcelana a la manera sajona y a la manera China. Fue Madame de Pompadour quien logró que se le concediera el título de manufactura real de porcelana, siendo trasladada en 1756 a una propiedad suya en Sèvres; mientras que cuando Luís XV se hizo cargo personalmente de ella, se le concedieron grandes subv
This cooling vessel was originally used to keep drinks or fruit at an appropriated temperature, although it was later used in the Royal Apothecary of San Lorenzo to store pharmacy tools in water. It may have belonged to the set of dishes which the Duke of Urbino, Guidobaldo II sent as a gift to Felipe II. Its outer decoration follows the fantastic models of Mannerism, both in its plastic forms -fa