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Pedro Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo Silva y Mendoza Salm Salm, XIII duque del Infantado (Madrid, 1768-1841), fue ministro de Estado y presidente del Gobierno (1824-1826).El duque está retratado de cuerp [+]
This portrait of the wife of the banker Henry O’Shea reveals the British influence on Madrazo’s fully romantic period. Her social position is indicated by the quality of the fabrics, laces and jewels, [+]
This allegorical work, signed on the column lying on the ground in the centre of the composition, shows two women in Roman garb sitting on clouds. Representing Justice and Peace, they embrace and seem [+]
Edición reducida de la obra de Hokusai The Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji. (Treinta y seis vistas del Monte Fuji). La obra contiene 46 estampas de formato reducido, pegadas sobre un soporte de papel co [+]
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 [+]
This sort of English painted enamel object was first made around 1725, but little is known of the early production, in part because this was a very modest craft. It reached its zenith between 1753 and [+]
Esta pieza es una cajita o estuche en figura de cabeza de mono, sonriente, con los labios rojizos y los dientes también dibujados en rojo, lo mismo que el hocico rosado; el pelo castaño, hecho con plu [+]
The vessel, carved in a single piece, consists of a jasper tazza with an oval mouth and boat-shaped profile. Until 1918 it had a simple mount of handles in the form of dolphins joined by openwork half [+]
This case takes the form of the vessel for which it was made, a Plain rock crystal vessel with a lid and foliate mount (disappeared during the War of Independence). The exquisite pieces from the Dauph [+]
This case takes the form of the vessel for which it was made, a Jasper cup with cameos and emeralds (O40). The exquisite pieces from the Dauphin´s Treasure are complemented by the custom-made cases th [+]
Vessel comprising four hardstone pieces and five enamelled gold mounts. The oblong bowl has a boat-shaped profile with gadroons at the ends. A leaf-shaped piece serving as a lip is joined to the body [+]
Described in the 1689 inventory of the Dauphin’s Cabinet as a vase “in the antique style”, this is an example of the prevailing fashion in the 1680s. The decoration of enamelled leaves in the adornmen [+]
A vessel with a diminished arch profile, somewhat everted, and a round mouth, standing on a ring support. It is coated on the inside with a fine sheet of gold, and on the outside with a mosaic formed [+]
Vessel made up of four pieces of jasper and four silver gilt mounts. The body is formed by a piece of jasper with an oval section and semicircular profile, joined to its cover by a silver gilt strip. [+]
This was the most valuable object in the whole of the Grand Dauphin’s collection. Its mounting is now lost. It is a monolithic piece in the form of a jug with a bell-shaped body and tall neck that ope [+]
This case takes the form of the vessel for which it was made, a Boat-shaped jasper tazza (O58). The exquisite pieces from the Dauphin´s Treasure are complemented by the custom-made cases that match th [+]
This case takes the form of the vessel for which it was made, a Rock crystal ewer with a handle in the form of a winged beast (O99). The exquisite pieces from the Dauphin´s Treasure are complemented b [+]
A high cup formed by an ancient fragment of serpentine and a foot and stem of heliotrope. The bowl, with a rectangular mouth, is joined by a ring mount and enamelled leaves to the balustroid stem, wit [+]
