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Although the crown, sword and serrated wheel identifies this figure as the fourth-century saint, Catherine, it has also been suggested that the sitter is Catherine of Austria (1507-1578), daughter of [+]
La retratada, con varias sortijas y un collar de perlas, sujeta en la mano izquierda un monóculo o anteojo monocular provisto de manilla. Este ejemplar es de mayor nobleza de lo habitual, por la lujos [+]
Charles V commissioned The Glory from Titian during their meeting in Augsburg in 1550-51. The painting was completed in October 1554 and was sent to Brussels. The unusual composition, which must corre [+]
Padilla painted this, his absolute masterpiece, at the age of twenty-nine, and it directly led to his international fame as an artist. It is the most superb visual presentation of a subject with which [+]
Joanna, the daughter of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal was born in 1535, and later married her cousin Joao Manuel, prince of Brazil. On the death of her husband in 1554, and having soon after give [+]
A fire in El Pardo Palace on March 13, 1604, destroyed the portraits in the Hall of Kings. These portraits had been painted by the finest artists of the time, including Titian, Antonio Moro, Alonso S& [+]
This three-quarters portrait is especially direct, thanks to the absence of any background elements other than the model´s powerful shadow. It presents don Sebastian (1554-1580) in the final years of [+]
Joanna of Austria (1535-73) was the daughter of Emperor Charles V, and sister of King Philip II of Spain. In 1552, she married her first cousin, the Portuguese Prince John Manuel (Joao Manuel). The pr [+]
Though she drew on models characteristic of Spanish court portraiture, the soft modelling, diffuse lighting and subtle brushwork are distinctive features of Sofonisba’s own style, and of the Lombard p [+]
The adolescent King Sebastian is depicted with all of the customary conventions associated with formal portraits of the Habsburgs. These portraits´ models of authority and power, which perfectly embod [+]
Alonso Sánchez Coello was court painter to Philip II and he united two different pictorial styles developed in the mid sixteenth century by Titian and Anthonis Mor respectively. Sánchez [+]
This is Rosales’s last history painting, which was left unfinished on his death. It reveals his working method, which is relatively free in this case. The retinue of Joan of Castile, who is anxious to [+]
An ovate vessel in the form of an urn. It has a smooth pyriform body with a double moulding on the shoulder, a neck with a concave profile, and a round mouth. The moulded cover has the form of a cupol [+]
The size and beauty of the mounts make this piece an outstanding work of the so-called “Fontainebleau School”, already described in the inventory of goods at the Château de Pau, made for Queen Jeanne [+]
En el anverso retrato de busto, a la izquierda. Cabeza cubierta con una gorra plana adornada con una pluma en su lado izquierdo, peinada hacia atrás, y con pendiente largo, rematado en tres colgantes. [+]
