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En esta obra se aúnan los temas del descendimiento de la cruz y del llanto sobre Cristo muerto, asunto que, en una disposición asimétrica en diagonal, se presenta en primer término, buscando conmover al espectador ante el sacrificio de Jesús. Como su pareja, Martirio de los santos Plácido, Flavia, Eutiquio y Victorino (P118), difiere del original -pintado también para la iglesia de San Giovanni Ev
Large-format versions of the Virgin holding the dead body of Christ, like those at Badajoz Cathedral and at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, gave way in Morales’s oeuvre to smaller compositions on the same subject, with half-length figures shown on a striking background of rigorous black. Against this, the two figures and the upright of the cross are contrasted with strong lighti
This version of the Mona Lisa (Louvre) was painted by one of Leonardo’s pupils. The fact that each pentimento, or change, in Leonardo’s original (to the bust, outline of the veil and position of the fingers) is repeated here suggests that the two works were created simultaneously. There are also differences with respect to the original, in the unfinished landscape and on the face. Overall, the pan
María Teresa Vallabriga y Rozas (1759-1820), was the wife of the infante Luis de Borbón (1727-1785), the brother of King Carlos III (1716-1788). As a member of the lower nobility, he was obliged to have his family live outside the court, in Boadilla del Monte. After the death of his wife in 1785, he was separated from his children, who would become the Countess of Chinchón (P0
Pareja de El Descendimiento o La Quinta Angustia (P117), ambos son copias en pequeño formato de dos óleos sobre lienzo pintados por Correggio entre 1520 y 1524 para la iglesia de San Giovanni Evangelista de Parma. Aunque esta obra no presenta igual intensidad cromática que la original, reproduce fielmente la composición y mantiene su dinamismo y su sentido dramático. Los cuerpos de Eutiquio y Vict
