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Born to an Austrian Catholic family, Juan Everardo Nithard (Falkenstein, 1607-Rome, 1681)became a Jesuit. His solid grounding in theology led Emperor Ferdinand III to appoint him confessor to his chil [+]
On 14 February 1612 Juan Bautista Maíno signed the contract to execute the paintings for the monastery church of San Pedro Mártir in Toledo. Maíno agreed to a period of eight mont [+]
The holy evangelist sits on a boulder with a book in his hands. He looks to the heavens where a tenuous light reveals a vision of the woman and dragon of the Apocalypse. The composition is similar to [+]
The sitter is presented more than three-quarter length, looking directly at the viewer. He stands in a room with a curtain on the right and an end wall with a pilaster. On the table behind him are a s [+]
The figure’s rough clothing, the activity in which he is engaged and his books indicate an intellectual from the classical world. His identity has been debated. Previously thought to be Aesop or Arist [+]
Sketches for the pendentives of the dome of the collegiate church at La Granja (Segovia). With this decoration Bayeu continued the project begun by Giambattista Tiepolo, who died in 1770, imbuing the [+]
The Virgin is crowned in the heavens by God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit, depicted in the form of a dove with its wings outstretched. Around them are grouped thirty-three saints of a type ch [+]
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Jerome meditates before a crucifix in the solitude of his retreat. The numerous objects depicted around him refer to different aspects of his life. The books, papers and writing equipment allude to hi [+]
Sketches for the pendentives of the dome of the collegiate church at La Granja (Segovia). With this decoration Bayeu continued the project begun by Giambattista Tiepolo, who died in 1770, imbuing the [+]
The family of this celebrated Madrid artist was originally French, and his own aesthetic roots lie outside Spain. In this self-portrait we see him sitting in a chair with cabriole legs, dressed in sum [+]
In this painting, two men wearing tunics kneel next to a rocky crag, past which, in the distance, a stormy landscape opens up. The elder of the two men bends over a sheaf of papers on which he writes, [+]
Esta obra es parte de la serie de seis tablas con escenas de monos del Museo Nacional del Prado (P01805 a la P01810). El temario arranca del repertorio de Pieter Brueghel el Viejo y meter Van der Borg [+]
Saint Jerome is depicted meditating on the Last Judgment, as indicated by the print in the book, which reproduces a model by Albrecht Dürer. He is surrounded by various vanitas, such as the skull [+]
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Sketches for the pendentives of the dome of the collegiate church at La Granja (Segovia). With this decoration Bayeu continued the project begun by Giambattista Tiepolo, who died in 1770, imbuing the [+]
Juan Ribalta was a highly talented and precocious artist who trained with his father, Francisco Ribalta, the most important painter of his day in Valencia. Juan’s work differs from that of his father [+]
According to Reynolds’ notes, the sitter posed for him in October 1765 and the portrait was completed in January 1766. No biographical details are known of Bourdieu, who is depicted seated with his le [+]
