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This work shows politician, poet, playwright and tutor to Queen Elizabeth II, Manuel José Quntana (Madrid, April 11, 1772- Madrid, March 11, 1857) on the day of his coronation in the Senate as [+]
Ferdinand IV (1751-1825) was the third son of Charles VII of Naples and his wife, Maria Amalia of Saxony. When his father acceded to the Spanish throne as Charles III in 1759, he became king of Naples [+]
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A full-length portrait of Queen María Luis de Parma (1751-1819), wife of King Carlos IV (1748-1819), wearing a large feathered hat and French lace, with a seventeenth-century style bustle and t [+]
Purchased by Charles IV, this portrait entered the royal collections in 1814 and was already listed in the Museo del Prado’s catalogs in 1854 as a work by Juan de Juanes. The identity of the sitter ha [+]
Luca Giordano (1634-1705) made an equestrian portrait of Charles II for the Hall of Mirrors at Madrid’s Alcázar palace to emphasize the dynastic continuum in which Charles II constituted the la [+]
This canvas, which retains its original frame, was painted around 1789 as a pair to a portrait of Charles IV to mark the couple`s ascent to the throne, referred to by the crown, sceptre and ermine man [+]
This is a preparatory sketch for a painting of much larger dimensions (present whereabouts unknown). It depicts the Count of Floridablanca (1728-1808), Charles III’s all-powerful minister, accompanied [+]
The Museo del Prado’s collections include an important group of paintings by Juan de Correa de Vivar, an artist based in Toledo who must have been born at the beginning of the 16th century in the town [+]
Figura de cuerpo entero, con el niño en brazos; un joven donante arrodillado; fondo de paisaje. En el marco, el escudo. Presenta analogías con tablas vallisoletanas influidas por Pedro Berruguete. Día [+]
This work formed part of the altar piece of the church of Santo Domingo de Silos in Daroca (Zaragoza) together with Bermejo’s Saint Dominic of Silos (P1323). It shows one of the two stories about the [+]
This portrait presents the lady at full length, dressed in the fashion of the time in a tulle gown with lace details. Goya perfectly captures the translucence of the fabric, through which we see the s [+]
El retrato de Felipe V, primer Borbón que ocupó el trono español, muestra al monarca en la última fase de su vida -comenzó a reinar en 1700 y falleció en 1746-. Aparece caracterizado con armadura comp [+]
Rosales depicts the moment when the Catholic Queen dictates her last will and testament at Medina del Campo on 12 October 1504, just days before she died. Isabel stands out in a royal chamber almost i [+]
En este caso, como en otros de la Torre de la Parada, Rubens no ha seguido las Metamorfosis de Ovidio sino las Fábulas de Higinio (Capítulo III): "(...) Frixo llegó a la Cólquide. Allí, según órdenes [+]
Herrera Barnuevo was Charles II`s court painter, executing portraits of him between 1667 and 1671. These images include numerous elements referring to the young monarch`s royal status. Here various pu [+]
This is a preparatory sketch for The Family of Charles IV. Brother of Charles IV, the sitter was born in Naples in 1755. In 1795 he married his niece, the Infanta María Amalia, who died without [+]
Don José de Urrutria y de las Casas (1739-1809), was the only soldier of his day to reach the rank of Field Marshal without being a titled nobleman. He is shown wearing the Cross of Saint Georg [+]
