Loading...
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 [+]
Formerly classified as anonymous Italian. The style brings to mind some aspects of Bellini´s pen-and-wash drawings, especially the large, almost grotesque hands with stubby fingers-with only three on [+]
Es apunte preparatorio para el óvalo del mismo tema que realizó Procaccini sobre la puerta de la sacristía nueva de Santa Maria dell Orto. En la Academia de San Fernando de Madrid se conserva una seri [+]
La figura en pie en el centro lleva en la mano una espada flameante, y en la izquierda, el escudo; en la parte baja, las figuras de los demonios, desnudos y contorsionados, ofrecen resistencia al arcá [+]
Dibujo en el que se representa a Judith, ricamente vestida, que sostiene la cabeza de Holofernes con la mano izquierda. Al fondo aparece la sirvienta. Se relaciona con la técnica de la xilografía al c [+]
The traditional attribution to Castello, which appears in an old inscription on the reverse of the mount, needs to be taken seriously. Not only is the pen work reminiscent of Castello´s handling of th [+]
Farinati was one of the most prolific draftsmen active in Verona in the second half of the sixteenth century. His pictorial approach to drawing -many of his studies are carried out largely with the br [+]
The old attribution CORREGIO, in which both Brun (?) and Fernández Durán may have believed, is not correct. The drawing displays some stylistic traits associable with Bernardino India, t [+]
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 [+]
This is an entirely characteristic work of Giovanni de´ Vecchi. The two imprese, in the panel´s lower center, which might otherwise provide evidence as to the church decoration here designed, are alas [+]
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 [+]
In spite of the traditional attribution to Lorenzo Sabbatini (ca. 1530-1576), this drawing appears to be by Villena as other drawings, though it lacks and old inscription giving it to Villamena. [+]
Florian Harb (2004), was the first to make the convincing suggestion, on stylistic grounds, that this drawing could be by Poccetti. [+]
Estudio en el que se representa una figura masculina de pie, de espaldas, con los brazos alzados en actitud de golpear algo. (Texto extractado de Pérez Sánchez, A. E., Catálogo de dibujos. I. Dibujos [+]
Perteneciente a un conjunto de cinco dibujos distintos de san Gregorio Magno; repartidos entre el Museo del Prado (D84 y D5989), la Biblioteca Nacional y uno que apareció en el mercado del arte parisi [+]
This adn the following eight drawings appear to be by the same mediocre hand, by whom there are several other drawings in the Prado scattered throughout the collection under a number of different attr [+]
