In the foreground of this canvas, a figure dressed in green holds in his hands what appears to be a pack of cards and looks directly at the viewer, as if to invite us to participate in the game. He is [+]
Francisco Bazán was a buffoon at the court of Charles II between 1676 and 1689. Carreño, who was reaching the end of his career when he painted this work, depicts the sitter as if delive [+]
In this popular scene, two people, one dressed in eighteenth century fashion, with a cape and two-cornered hat, are depicted in front of the Pavilion of Carlos V in the Gardens of the Alcázar o [+]
This opulent still-life scene typical of the Baroque Flemish school includes a human figure and two animals, as was common in the period, in accordance with the tastes of the clients, whose wealth and [+]
Of the artists who painted war scenes in the 17th century, none was as interested as David Teniers II in capturing images from behind the lines. With his customary tactile rigor, he depicts a plethora [+]
Como es habitual en Jan Brueghel el Joven, el modelo iconográfico para esta composición se encuentra en los paisajes de Adán y Eva en el Paraíso inventados por su padre, Jan Brueghel el Viejo, si bien [+]
Humanity´s rebirth after the flood is represented in Greek mythology through the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha. After surviving the disaster, they threw stones over their shoulders, each of which beca [+]
Licaón, un horrible gobernador de la Arcadia que sembraba el terror en su región, quiso comprobar la divinidad de Júpiter dándole de comer carne humana. Ovidio narra esta historia en el libro I de las [+]
An unidentified lady wearing delicate transparent clothing and a yellow jacket with black decorations lies on a green velvet divan with cushions and a spread. There has been a great variety of opinion [+]
Under the reign of Emperor Maximilian, Deacon Sebastian was tortured and finally dumped in Rome´s main sewer, the Cloaca Maxima. The Emperor hoped that he would never be found there by the Christians, [+]
Francisco Domingo approaches the work of Diego Velasquez (1500-1600) in a free reinterpretation of the human types painted by that artist from Seville. A group of hunters take a rest during a hunt. Al [+]
Apoyado sobre una roca con un libro entre las manos, el santo vuelve la cabeza hacia el espectador. En la mitad inferior se han representado extrañas y monstruosas figuras, mientras que en el ángulo d [+]
Formerly placed as by a follower of Andrea del Sarto. [+]
Figura femenina sentada en una nube con la cabeza de perfil derecho. Dibujo preparatorio para la figura correspondiente en la parte inferior izquierda del fresco de la Apoteosis de Hércules, pintado a [+]
This is the companion to the drawing D01646. The execution of the hands and hair is especially characteristic of Ludovico Carracci´s style. [+]
Perhaps by a Spanish follower of Federico Zuccari who was accomplished at representing hunting scenes. [+]
The group appears between a pair of columns on the right of Taddeo´s fresco of the "Last Supper" in the church of S. Maria della Consolazione, Rome. [+]
Formerly attributed to Bartolomeo Passerotti (1529-1592), presumably on account of the broad cross-hatching in pen, a technique that is characteristic of drawings by this artist. On the other hand, th [+]