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 her husband. Juana sits besides a window in a palace room with a Gothic fireplace. Lost in thought, she gazes at the viewer without noticing her daughter´s play. A lady in waiting and a servent on the r
This painting is the result of two acts carried out in different periods. First, Velázquez painted the surface occupied by the figures and the tapestry in the background. Later, in the 18th century, a wide strip (with the arch and oculus) was added to the top, along with narrower ones on the left, right and bottom (these additions are not visible in the current presentation of this work). T
This painting illustrates a scene from Goethe´s Faust. Specifically, the moment when Margaret finds a jewelry box in her bedroom closet. Mephistopheles gave it to Faust as a tempting gift for his beloved. The young woman enjoys hanging a string of pearls around her neck and observing the beautiful results in the mirror. A spinning wheel is visible in the dark background. This work shows the influe
Estampa grabada por Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona que reproduce el óleo de Murillo conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P960). Rodríguez Moñino dice que grabó la estampa entre 1786 y 1788 (Rodríguez Moñino, A. y Lord, Eileen: “Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona. Grabador del siglo XVIII” en Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, 56, 1952, p. 17).La lámina de cobre se custodia desde 1805
This print is part of a series published by the Company for the engraving of paintings from the Royal Palaces, although it was only published after that institution was no longer active. 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 reproduction of prints
Estampa grabada por Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona que reproduce el óleo de Murillo conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P00960). Rodríguez Moñino dice que grabó la estampa entre 1786 y 1788 (Rodríguez Moñino, A. y Lord, Eileen: “Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona. Grabador del siglo XVIII” en Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, 56, 1952, p. 17).La lámina de cobre se custodia desde 180
Estampa grabada por Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona que reproduce el óleo de Murillo conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P00960). Está encuadernada en un álbum facticio sobre obras de Murillo del coleccionista Pennant. Rodríguez Moñino dice que grabó la estampa entre 1786 y 1788 (Rodríguez Moñino, A. y Lord, Eileen: “Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona. Grabador del siglo XVIII” en Boletín de la So