Month: March 2013

Meadows Museum (Dallas)

Opened: 1965 Address: 5900 Bishop Blvd, Dallas, TX 75205, United States Website: https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Los cómicos ambulantes (1793)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Los cómicos ambulantes (The Strolling Players) 1793 Oil on tinplate, 42.5 x 31.7 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This popular scene painted with great technical freedom shows an improvised stage surrounded by people in the midst of a…

Las gigantillas (1791-1792)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las gigantillas (Little Giants) 1791–1792 Oil on canvas 137 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Five boys play at riding on each other’s shoulders in the game called “Chicken Fights” or “Horse and Rider” in a setting…

Autorretrato (1815)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) 1815 Oil on canvas, 45.8 x 35.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Goya deliberately presents himself here as vulnerable and fragile, revealing the most serene and welcoming facet of his personality. A dark background painted with…

Autorretrato (1815)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) 1815 Oil on panel, 51 x 46 cm Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid

Autorretrato ante su caballete (c.1785)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Autorretrato ante su caballete (Self-portrait at his easel) c.1785 Oil on canvas, 40 x 27 cm Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid The execution of this canvas coincides with a decisive stage in Goya‘s life in Madrid. In…

1785

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Art: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Mrs Siddons (1785) • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Tristram and Fox (c.1775-85) • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Autorretrato ante su caballete (c.1785) • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Regata sul Canal Grande (1780-93) • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792): Portrait…

1744

Deaths: • Vico, Giambattista (1668-1744) Art: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780): Campo di SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia (1743-47) • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780): Vaprio d’Adda (1744) • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780): Veduta di Gazzada (1744) • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780): Veduta di Villa Perabò poi Melzi a Gazzada (1744) • Canaletto (1697-1768): Bacino…

Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia (Valencia)

Founded: 1837 Address: C/ San Pío V, nº 9, La Saïdia, 46010 Valencia, España Website: https://museobellasartesvalencia.gva.es/es Collection: • Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516): Arrest of Jesus (c.1510-20) • Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516): Crowning with Thorns (c.1510-20) • Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516): Flagellation of Jesus (c.1510-20) • Bosch,…