The Museo del Prado’s collections include an important group of paintings by Juan de Correa de Vivar, an artist based in Toledo who must have been born at the beginning of the 16th century in the town [+]
In 1624, soon after Velázquez`s arrival at court, the political writer Almansa noted that the equestrian order was and is the backbone of republics. This notion was shared by the Spanish monarc [+]
Herod and Herodias appear at the right of the composition. Sitting at a table painted in foreshortened perspective, they look on—the king with a stupefied expression—as Salome presents them with the p [+]
In the Upper Room, represented here by architectural elements that support a curtained arch, Christ prepares to wash the feet of Peter, who duly raises his leg in order to put his foot into a bowl. On [+]
Paolo Veronese`s Penitent Magdalene, 1583, reflects the change occurring in Venetian religious painting around 1580. On one hand, the new order of priorities imposed by the Council of Trent (1545-63) [+]
The Museo del Prado’s collections include an important group of paintings by Juan de Correa de Vivar, an artist based in Toledo who must have been born at the beginning of the 16th century in the town [+]
The Museo del Prado’s collections include an important group of paintings by Juan de Correa de Vivar, an artist based in Toledo who must have been born at the beginning of the 16th century in the town [+]
This painting entered the Prado as an original by Philips de Koninck (1619-1688), though in the 1873 catalogue it is attributed to Salomon Koninck (1609-1656). Adecade later, in the 1885 edition, Bred [+]
The drawings in this Album were in the possession of Valentín Carderera, who made these two copies of originals whose whereabouts are unknown. The naked young woman, similar to others in the Al [+]
Formerly classified as anonymous Italian. The style brings to mind some aspects of Bellini´s pen-and-wash drawings, especially the large, almost grotesque hands with stubby fingers-with only three on [+]
La figura en pie en el centro lleva en la mano una espada flameante, y en la izquierda, el escudo; en la parte baja, las figuras de los demonios, desnudos y contorsionados, ofrecen resistencia al arcá [+]
Dibujo en el que se representa a Judith, ricamente vestida, que sostiene la cabeza de Holofernes con la mano izquierda. Al fondo aparece la sirvienta. Se relaciona con la técnica de la xilografía al c [+]
The traditional attribution to Castello, which appears in an old inscription on the reverse of the mount, needs to be taken seriously. Not only is the pen work reminiscent of Castello´s handling of th [+]
Farinati was one of the most prolific draftsmen active in Verona in the second half of the sixteenth century. His pictorial approach to drawing -many of his studies are carried out largely with the br [+]
The old attribution CORREGIO, in which both Brun (?) and Fernández Durán may have believed, is not correct. The drawing displays some stylistic traits associable with Bernardino India, t [+]
This is an entirely characteristic work of Giovanni de´ Vecchi. The two imprese, in the panel´s lower center, which might otherwise provide evidence as to the church decoration here designed, are alas [+]
In spite of the traditional attribution to Lorenzo Sabbatini (ca. 1530-1576), this drawing appears to be by Villena as other drawings, though it lacks and old inscription giving it to Villamena. [+]
Florian Harb (2004), was the first to make the convincing suggestion, on stylistic grounds, that this drawing could be by Poccetti. [+]