Following his appointment as painter to the King in 1623, Velázquez`s principal task was that of portraying the monarch and his circle. In order to do so he primarily made use of two different [+]
A bearded, grey-haired old man turns his head to the left over a black background. This is similar to another head by the same artist (P1491) and is probably a sketch or model for a larger work, inten [+]
Estudio de La Piedad en el que se representa a Cristo sentado en el suelo, apoyando el cuerpo sobre la pierna derecha de la Virgen. (Texto extractado de Arnáez, R.: Catálogo de Dibujos. II. Dibujos Es [+]
La composición del dibujo se enmarca en un óvalo. En él se representa en pie a Pandora, apoyada en una caja de forma de urna con la llave en la mano derecha, con la cabeza doblada, pensativa, sobre la [+]
Maganza´s work belongs to the mainstream of painting in the Veneto during the last years of the sixteenth century and the first decades of the seventeenth. His drawings, especially, reveal the i [+]
This is a good facsimile copy of a drawing formerly in the collection of Prof. Van Regteren Altena, Amsterdam. Another copy of the Amsterdam drawing is in the British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. [+]
Gabriele Finaldi was the first to point out that the seated pope seems to be Pius V (Ghislieri), the Dominican, pro-Spanish pontiff who reigned from 1566 to 1572. As Cardinal Ghislieri, he held the of [+]
This drawing, formerly in the Spanish Royal Collection, was recognised as an autograph work by Guercino by Manuela Mena Marqués. The suggested date for it is around the 1650-60, when Guercino h [+]
This is the companion to the drawing D01646. The execution of the hands and hair is especially characteristic of Ludovico Carracci´s style. [+]
As J.A. Gere pointed out in 1981 (pencil note on the modern museum mount), the composition is taken from Polidoro´s facade decoration of the Palazzo Milesi, Rome. Judging from the style, the cop [+]
When the Virgin Mary was three years old her parents, Anna and Joachim, led her to the Temple of Jerusalem. There the young Virgin, without the assistance of her parents, climbed the staircase leading [+]
Perhaps by a Spanish follower of Federico Zuccari who was accomplished at representing hunting scenes. [+]
Traditionally, this work was considered a preparatory sketch for the frescoes on the dome of the collegiate church at La Granja. In 1768 Charles III initiated the decoration of that church, and its do [+]
Preparatorio para el grupo principal del lienzo pintado en 1634 para el Salón de Reinos del Buen Retiro, hoy en el Museo del Prado (P00858). Los dos generales a caballo son Ambrosio Spínola y Felipe M [+]
The composition, which I have been unable so far to identify, may have been taken from a print. The inventor of the design was evidently either Venetian or Veronese. [+]
The authorship of these two small but lively compositional studies -D1817 and D1818- has given rise to some disagreement. The most recent suggestion that they are the work of the Brescian Lattanzio Ga [+]
San Francisco se representa arrodillado con los brazos abiertos, eleva los ojos a un ángel niño que le muestra una esfera. En primer término una roca, y en ella una cruz de leño y libros. Fondo de pai [+]
Apunte certero con lápiz diestramente manejado en bisel para obtener las masas y la entonación con suma sencillez. Agua en primer término. Cuatro manchas de arbolados que se van alejando gradualmente [+]