The seated model is sumptuously dressed, with silver-lamé collar and cuffs, a pearl choker and a very dark green dress with silver decorations on her skirt and gold ones on the bodice and sleeves. She has flowers in her hair and long earrings. The heavy crimson velvet curtain behind her is echoed by a matching mat on the buffet. The scene opens onto an urban background that recalls the city
Series of six scenes dedicated to the Life of the Virgin (P4781 a P4786). "Enconchados", executed using a technique of Oriental origin, were very popular in New Spanish culture, and local artists developed and espoused them as one of their distinctive products. Their characteristic gleam stems from a combination of inlaid sheets of mother-of-pearl and fine layers of oil paint. There are both profa
Copia del cuadro La Anunciación, de Vicente Carducho, que se conserva en el Monasterio de la Encarnación (Madrid).
Totally surrounded by crosses, Christ accepts his penitence. He is followed by a young woman in the same pose wearing a wreath of flowers and identified as the Christian Soul. While this work is undoubtedly by a French artist, no convincing suggestion as to its attribution has been made to date.
The principal beams are decorated with secular scenes, including dances, jousts or men fighting monsters, and with the coats-of-arms of Castile and León and those of the Luna and Rojas families. Other decoration includes sacred scenes (the Last Supper and the Last Judgement, for example). Between the transversal beams are panels with alternating castles and lions and elongated hexagonal pan
La retratada ha sido identificada por E. Puerto Mendoza (2020) con la archiduquesa María Isabel de Austria (1680-1741), hija del emperador Leopoldo I y de Leonor de Neoburgo, lo que la convertía en sobrina de la reina de España Mariana de Neoburgo. Esta soberana probablemente lo exhibió en la galería de retratos familiares que tenía instalada en su cuarto de verano del Alcázar de Madrid (Informaci
Series of six scenes dedicated to the Life of the Virgin (P4781 a P4786). Enconchados, executed using a technique of Oriental origin, were very popular in New Spanish culture, and local artists developed and espoused them as one of their distinctive products. Their characteristic gleam stems from a combination of inlaid sheets of mother-of-pearl and fine layers of oil paint. There are both profane
Series of six scenes dedicated to the Life of the Virgin (P4781 a P4786). Enconchados, executed using a technique of Oriental origin, were very popular in New Spanish culture, and local artists developed and espoused them as one of their distinctive products. Their characteristic gleam stems from a combination of inlaid sheets of mother-of-pearl and fine layers of oil paint. There are both profane
Series of six scenes dedicated to the Life of the Virgin (P4781 a P4786). Enconchados, executed using a technique of Oriental origin, were very popular in New Spanish culture, and local artists developed and espoused them as one of their distinctive products. Their characteristic gleam stems from a combination of inlaid sheets of mother-of-pearl and fine layers of oil paint. There are both profane
Tras la muerte de Felipe II la corte quedó sumida en el luto, y así se hizo retratar su hija Isabel Clara Eugenia en esta obra. Viste saya negra de la que asoman manguillas de raso blanco con bordaduras en oro. El tocado es más complejo, con flores -jazmines- y cintas rojas con perlas. Se reconocen algunas joyas como el famoso rubí, diamante y perla que heredó de Ana de Austria y que luce en su re
Series of six scenes dedicated to the Life of the Virgin (P4781 a P4786). Enconchados, executed using a technique of Oriental origin, were very popular in New Spanish culture, and local artists developed and espoused them as one of their distinctive products. Their characteristic gleam stems from a combination of inlaid sheets of mother-of-pearl and fine layers of oil paint. There are both profane
Series of six scenes dedicated to the Life of the Virgin (P4781 a P4786). Enconchados, executed using a technique of Oriental origin, were very popular in New Spanish culture, and local artists developed and espoused them as one of their distinctive products. Their characteristic gleam stems from a combination of inlaid sheets of mother-of-pearl and fine layers of oil paint. There are both profane
En el dibujo aparece representada una figura femenina alegórica, volando hacia la derecha, acompañada de genios infantiles y precedida de un ave, seguramente un gallo, derramando flores sobre la tierra.Obra madrileña de la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, en relación con el estilo de Coello. Probablemente preparatorio para alguno de los techos y bóvedas del Alcázar o el Palacio del Buen Retiro. (Text