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This version of the Mona Lisa (Louvre) was painted by one of Leonardo’s pupils. The fact that each pentimento, or change, in Leonardo’s original (to the bust, outline of the veil and position of the fingers) is repeated here suggests that the two works were created simultaneously. There are also differences with respect to the original, in the unfinished landscape and on the face. Overall, the pan
Dibujo preparatorio para una pechina muy ancha, de forma trapezoidal. En él se representa a San Juan Evangelista sentado sobre una nube en actitud de escribir sobre un libro que apoya en sus rodillas, vuelve la cabeza hacia el ángel que le dicta, a la derecha de la composición. Debajo del ángel, el águila y ángeles mancebos y niños llenando los espacios libres. Actitudes y tipos de ángeles derivan
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 influence of both Antonio Zelotti (1526-1578) and, more importantly, Hans Rottenhammer (1564/65-1625), the German-born painter who established a studio in Venice shortly before 1600, where he resided f
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 office of grand inquisitor under the two previous pontiffs, Paul IV and Pius IV. Comparison of the visage and physique of the pope in the drawing with those in the many surviving portraits of Pius V sho
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 had attained artistic maturity, a date that stylistically seems correct. Mena Marqués also proposed that the drawing stood alone and was not intended as a preparatory work for a painting, a hypo
Dibujo en el que se presenta San Juan Bautista de frente, con las manos juntas y la pierna derecha doblada y apoyada en una roca; en otra, el cordero dormido y en la parte superior Dios Padre (Texto extractado de Mena Marqués, M.: Catálogo de dibujos. VI. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVII, Museo del Prado, 1983, p.160).
Traditionally attributed to Nicolò dell´Abate (c. 1512-1571). In the elegantly classical arrangement of the composition, the drawing shows knowledge of the work of Giuseppe Porta, called Salviati (c. 1520-c.1575), but the handling seems nearer to that of Bernardino India, or a close associate. The figures in the background sport curls of hair that are exactly similar to India´s trademark qu
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 copyist was eighteenth century, which might imply he used an engraving or another drawing after Polidoro as his model, rather than the painted facade itself.
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 to the priest, who, surrounded by the women of the temple, embraced and blessed her.The episode is contained in the Gospel of James and in the Golden Legend (c.1250). Since the 1960s this drawing has
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 dome appears in architect Francesco Sabatini’s drawings with eight spaces designated for pictorial scenes. Spanish painters Mariano Salvador Maella (1739-1819) and Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734-
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 Messia de Guzmán, marqués de Leganés. La presencia del primero ha hecho que en alguna ocasión se interpretase lienzo y dibujo como representación de la Rendición de Breda, por aquel general. (Texto ext
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.
Although the present composition is ultimately dependent in origin on Albrecht Dürer´s great woodcut of the Trinity, a Florentine interpretation of the design is evident in the conception of the figure of the dead Christ, which derives from that inMichelangelo´s marble Pieta in Florence Cathedral and not from Dürer´s slender corpse. Further evidence that the Prado drawing could be a Flor
Dibujo en el que se representa ante un fondo de paisaje, en primer termino, arrodillada, a Santa Catalina a quien el Niño entrega el anillo. Como su compañero D02070, el dibujo aparece firmado y fechado en 1607 y es asimismo ejemplo espléndido del arte de della Rovere. No se relaciona con ninguna de las obras conocidas del artista (Texto extractado de Mena Marqués, M.: Catálogo de dibujos. VI. Dib
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 paisaje. Típico del estilo de Schut, imitando a Murillo. La figura del santo deriva con toda evidencia del cuadro de Murillo, hoy en colección particular de San Sebastián, dado a conocer por Angulo (1936
Annibale Carracci established the early Baroque style in Italy with Caravaggio (1571-1610). Annibale`s naturalistic style was based on the Antique and on Raphael, and unlike Caravaggio`s sombre realism, continued the representational tradition of the Italian Renaissance. Annibale`s style evolved in Bologna, where he worked together with his brother Agostino (1557-1602) and their cousin Ludovico. I
Dibujo en el que se representa a Susana sentada en primer término junto a una fuente mientras rechaza a las figuras de ancianos que están a su espalda. Podría ser dibujo romano de la segunda mitad del siglo XVII. (Texto extractado de Mena Marqués, M.: Catálogo de dibujos. VI. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVII, Museo del Prado, 1983, p. 215).
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