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The two children portrayed here were the children of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold of Habsburg –who became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1790–, and Maria Luisa of Bourbon, daughter of Charl [+]
This majestic image was part of a cycle of seven altarpieces commissioned in 1767 for the new royal church of San Pascual Bailón at Aranjuez, founded by Charles III in the same year. The altarp [+]
Sebastian was a Roman soldier who suffered martyrdom for his Christian faith during the reign of Diocletian and Maximian at the end of the third century. He was made a patron saint of the city of Rome [+]
Lucas Velázquez drew his inspiration from different sources over the course of his career. Like Alenza, he drew on Siglo de Oro and Dutch painting for some of his landscapes, whose fantastic ch [+]
Although this painting bears a curious apocryphal signature in large letters at the lower left corner of the canvas, Pérez Sanchez (1983) attributed it to Victoria in 1983 on the basis of its V [+]
This painting presents the moment when the Archangel Gabriel, holding a spray of lilies, appears to the Virgin Mary and announces that she will give birth to the Son of God. Mary is depicted kneeling [+]
In this drawing and the They can still serve (D04244), Goya presents one of his harshest criticisms. At first glance, both seem to depict village people picking up the war wounded and carrying them to [+]
The series begins with a scene alluding to the mythical origins of tauromachy, in which Goya depicts the bullfighting practices of the first Spanish settlers in a natural landscape where herds of wild [+]
El dibujo preparatorio para Tauromaquia, 12, Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, media-lunas, banderillas y otras armas pertenece a una serie, dominada siempre por el patetismo trágico, que Goya grab [+]
A preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 23, The same elsewhere. A comparison of this print with the preparatory drawing reflects an interesting manner of conceiving the definitive image. In the dr [+]
People in Sacks is a drawing related to print no. 8 from the Disparates series that Goya began in 1815. The composition of this drawing is vaguely related to the print, People in Sacks (G02176). [+]
Preparatory drawing for Disasters of War, 20, Get them well, and on to the next.In this series Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the Spanish Peninsular War (1808-14) th [+]
The title of his drawings carries over from the previous drawing of the series, entitled The Daring of Martincho in the Ring at Saragossa. Martincho rose to fame with his daring passes. This compositi [+]
A preparatory drawing for Even worse (Disasters of War, 22) G00693, G02352.In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the [+]
The old attribution to the Mannerist painter Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-1596) may have been suggested by the handling, with its extensive passages of white heightening, as well as the Michelangelesque f [+]
Here in his distinctive visual history of bullfighting, Goya shows an enclosure closed with a barrier, and three Arabs inside, one of them kneeling in a similar posture to that of prayer in a mosque. [+]
This drawing related to one of the Disasters of War was neither engraved nor published.In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequ [+]
This drawing related to one of the Disasters was neither engraved nor published. Gassier questioned its authorship due to its scant quality: “Certain details, such as the hand visible at the center, a [+]
