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This painting enters the Museum as the work of Salomon Koninck, an attribution which remains valid until the 1963 catalogue, when, according to Valdivieso (1973), a proposal by Clotilde Brière- [+]
This is by the same artist as The Presentation (P-1257), although it has a more Germanic character on account of it being almost a copy of an etching by Martin Schongauer (c. 1435/50-1491) of the same [+]
An inquiring and original artist, as well as an extraordinary draughtsman, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione travelled throughout much of Italy (besides his native Genoa, he worked in Rome, Mantua, Venic [+]
In October 1777, Goya received a commission to paint 20 cartoons for tapestries intended to decorate the walls of the Prince and Princess of Asturias´s bedchamber and its anteroom in the palace of El [+]
As court painter to the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, Snayers’s compositions both document and glorify Spanish military activities. This painting represents the capture of Aire-sur-la-Lys from the Frenc [+]
The value of Goya’s war images is largely determined by their plausibility. This makes them visual referents for what happens in war. Neither their status as narrative nor the esteem in which they are [+]
Rather than simply reflecting concrete events, Goya sought to capture their essence. He therefore placed himself alongside the action, taking part in a way that no previous artist ever had. This expla [+]
The son of painter Giovanni Maria Galli da Bibiena and brother of Ferdinando Galli da Bibiena, Francesco was raised in a family of artists and took an early interest in architecture and set design. He [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 66, There it goes (G02102) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for the Caprichos. Headed by Dr [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 7, God forgive her: Even thus he cannot make her out (G02095) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the ba [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 36, Bad Night (G02124) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for the Caprichos. This type of com [+]
A preparatory drawing for the aquatint, Capricho 39, As Far Back as his Grandfather (G02127), this is one of twenty-six pen drawings from the Dreams series that constitutes the basis for the Caprichos [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 11, Lads Making Ready (G02099 / G00644) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for the Caprichos. [+]
In her 1983 catalogue, Mena Marques rightly brought attention to the very high quality of this drawing and suggested the style could be Sienese, from the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning [+]
A preparatory drawing for the etching, Capricho 62, Who could believe it! (G02150). Together, the twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that constitute the basis for The Caprichos are known as The Dreams. T [+]
This preparatory drawing for an unpublished plate from the Caprichos does not correspond to any specific etching. Together, the twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that constitute the basis for The Capric [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 65, Where is mommy going? (G02102) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for the Caprichos. Head [+]
This preparatory drawing for the etching Capricho 54, The shameful one (G02156) is part of The Dreams, a series of twenty-six pen-and-ink drawings that serve as the basis for The Caprichos. Headed by [+]
