This set of paintings on the five senses (Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch) was one of the most successful collaborations of Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel “the elder.” Rubens placed his figure [+]
This painting depicts the baptism of Prince Juan. It is based on the description of that event from Historia de los Reyes Católicos (History of the Catholic Kings) by Andrés Berná [+]
This work is a variation on the painting executed by Jacopo towards 1580 for the main altar of the church of the Capuchins in Bassano del Grappa (Museo Civico, inv. 18), a large work (237 x 155 cm) wi [+]
This canvas has been attributed to Luis González Velázquez, who belonged to an extended family of artists and was the brother of two more painters, Antonio and Alejandro. It deploys a Ba [+]
In this moral work, the triumph of Death over mundane things is symbolized by a large army of skeletons razing the Earth. The background is a barren landscape in which scenes of destruction are still [+]
Sebastián Aparicio (1502-1600) was born in La Gudiña (Orense) and first worked as an agricultural labourer. In 1533 he went to Mexico where he became a landowner then entered the Francis [+]