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Holding his spectacles in his right hand, the subject of this portrait gazes at the viewer. He has momentarily left the composition he is working on, which is dated 1844 and is partially legible. It is precisely this element that enabled the subject to be identified as Urbano Aspa (C. Díaz Pascual 2015), a composer of religious music who was also a close friend of the painter’s family. In t
The scene comes from the main altarpiece of the monastery of Sijena (Huesca), a set formed by more than thirty panels that were dispersed in the 18th century. The composition, the figurative monumentality, the colouring and the architecture with Italian resonances point us towards Central European painting. The artist was recently identified as Rodrigo de Sajonia, who was living at the monastery w
Having delivered the Bacchus and Ariadne in 1523 Titian then painted The Andrians, also inspired by Philostratus (Imagines I, 25). The scene is set on the island of Andros, a place so favoured by Bacchus that a stream flows with wine. Gods, men and children unite in the celebration of the effects of wine, whose consumption, in Philostratus´ words, makes men rich, dominant, generous to their friend
An in-depth study of Joaquín Inza is yet to be conducted that would allow us to gauge his role and importance in the panorama of Spanish art in the second half of the eighteenth century. Inza is known for his portraits of the royal family and of aristocrats and intellectuals from the period, and is now regarded as an estimable and discrete painter with a precise, austere style, although som
This portrait of Félix Máximo López Crespo (1742 - 1821), the first organist of the Royal Chapel and a notable musician and composer, was commissioned by his eldest son, Ambrosio López. A formal work that emphasizes the sitter´s category through a series of details, especially the red and blue uniform of his job at the palace, the braid on the cuffs of his dress coat th
In the composition, an owl on a branch directs a chorus of fifteen other types of birds while holding a score between its feet. Such images of different species of birds perched on tree trunks, sometimes with musical scores, were known as Concerts of birds and were popularized by Flemish artists in the early decades of the 17th century, especially Frans Snyders. They were quite common at that time
Es una litografía de Ludwid Theodor Zöllner (1796?-1860) que reproduce el óleo de Tiziano conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P00418). Esta estampa se entregaba con el cuadernillo CL acompañado de un texto explicativo de José Musso y Valiente. Está encuadernada en el tomo III de la serie dirigida por José de Madrazo, Colección litográfica de cuadros del rey de España el señor don Fernando V
Es una litografía de Ludwid Theodor Zöllner (1796?-1860) que reproduce el óleo de Tiziano conservado en el Museo Nacional del Prado (P00418). Esta estampa se entregaba con el cuadernillo CL acompañado de un texto explicativo de José Musso y Valiente. Está encuadernada en el tomo III de la serie dirigida por José de Madrazo, Colección litográfica de cuadros del rey de España el señor don Fernando V
