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The nude young woman sits on a white cloth with which she covers her lap. The artist paints her in profile and avoids showing her face. This is one of many nude studies made by this artist, and it may [+]
A panoramic view of the Agujas mountain range near Corbera (Valencia). Encouraged by the realism that Europe was bringing to the fore through landscape painters like Carlos de Haes, this work was a cl [+]
Simonet´s work is based on a passage from the Gospel of Saint Luke (19: 41) which prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem: “Videns Jesus civitatem flevit super illam” (And when he was come near, he be [+]
Since the moment when it was decided that the present work is by Raphael but that the sitter is not Antonio Granvela, art historians have expended considerable efforts on identifying the sitter.The mo [+]
Educated as a young man in France and Florence, in 1527 Pier Maria Rossi (1504-1547), Seventh Count of San Secondo, was in the service of Clement VII but that same year entered the employment of Charl [+]
This extraordinary historical painting -as appealing as it is disquieting- is one of the first and best examples of the fascination that Joanna of Castile (1479-1555) held for nineteenthcentury Spanis [+]
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 [+]
This emblematic picture is undoubtedly the best-known work on a social theme produced by Sorolla in his youth. It is also an especially good example of how fully the artist became involved in a genre [+]
Representative of Sorolla’s fully mature period, this work is also one of the finest female portraits he ever executed. The artist knew the sitter very well, as she was the wife of one of his closest [+]
Titian painted his first self-portrait before leaving for Rome in 1545. However, it was after his Roman stay that he showed the most interest in disseminating his image in order to fully establish his [+]
This portrait signed by Lucia Anguissola is acknowledged as the most important of the few works produced by Sofonisba’s younger sister. In keeping with Lombard painting of the period, she depicts this [+]
The Virgin and Saint John are depicted on a sailboat, crossing tranquil seas on their way to Ephesis. The somber and distracted expressions on both their faces indicate they are lost in thought. The h [+]
After revolutionizing the painting of his time with Queen Isabel la Católica dictating her Last Will and Testament (P4624), Rosales again shook the very foundations of the Spanish art world whe [+]
In Cleopatra, Luna dramatises the death of the Egyptian queen, a longstanding and popular subject in European painting. As penned by the Greek biographer Plutarch, Cleopatra was discovered dead in her [+]
The painting, which is now in the collection of Museo Nacional del Prado and on long-term loan to the City Council of Cádiz, is signed “Luna = Paris 1888”. It was completed by the time Luna mov [+]
The daughter and pupil of Plácido Francés, a painter from Alicante, Fernanda took part in several public exhibitions from 1881 onwards, often successfully. The critics praised her great [+]
Originally from Asturias, Julia Alcayde was trained in Madrid, where she specialised in still lifes and pictures of flowers and game, though she also worked in other genres. This still life with the f [+]
Menassade was a painter of French origin who pursued her career mainly in Spain, where she trained with Sebastián Gessa, known as "the flower painter". This determined her specialisation in flo [+]
