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Although there is no extant set of the twelve months of the year painted by Jacopo, it is possible that he invented this series. Certainly, the inventory taken in Bassano del Grappa following his deat [+]
Although Bettini noted a number of paternal precedents for this painting, it is a personal interpretation by Francesco of the gospel passage. Three versions are known, of which the Prado painting is t [+]
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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 [+]
These panels (P02838, P02839, P02840), along with a fourth one in a private collection, illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio´s Decameron. This [+]
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 [+]
Cardinal Fernando de’ Medici gave this canvas to the Minorite seminary of San Francisco de Paula, the saint who kneels in the foreground. The seminary, in Alcalá de Henares, was founded by the [+]
This painting narrates an event from chapter 27 of Genesis, in which Jacob tricks his father, Isaac, in order to obtain the blessing that should rightfully go to his older brother, Esau. Jacob’s mothe [+]
The sitter, dressed in the French style, plays a melody on her musical box. Her far-away expression reflects the sensibility that was fashionable in female portraits at this period. At the base of the [+]
In the Seventeenth Century, tobacco became one of the major themes of Nordic painting, often as an allegory of the sense of smell and as a symbol of the fragility of human existence. The output of the [+]
The teacher at this money school punishes one of the students while another seems to be interceding on his behalf. Behind, the rest of the students look on in fear from their tables. This is a critici [+]
This work portrays the well-known New Testament parable (Luke, 15: 11-32) illustrating the repentance of the sinner and the virtues of forgiveness. The pretext for the setting is the banquet given by [+]
The artist of this panel is traditionally referred to as the Master of the Luna Family, whom Post first identified in 1933 as one of the two painters who produced the altarpiece for the chapel of Sain [+]
A more than half-length depiction of the saint, standing in front of a skull and contemplating the angel who shows him a glass recipient filled with transparent water, alluding to the purity that anyo [+]
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 [+]
Various personages, semi-nude or wearing tunics, dance, drink, eat grapes, play instruments and enjoy themselves in a garden around a bust of Bacchus. Various popular and classical buildings are visib [+]
The story of an old man who tries to seduce a servant girl was customary in Flemish art and literature as a representation of senile love and as a criticism of behavior inappropriate for old age. Here [+]
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