Month: March 2013

Catedral de Santa María de Valencia (Valencia)

Consecrated: 1238 Address: Plaza de la Limosna, s/n, Ciutat Vella, 46003 Valencia, España Website: https://catedraldevalencia.es/ Art: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente (1788) See also: • Cathedrals | Churches | Valencia (España)

1238

Rulers: • Fernando III, St., King of Castile (1217-1252) • Fernando III, St., King of León and Galicia (1230-1252) • Louis IX, St., King of France (1226-1270) Architecture: • Catedral de Santa María consecrated in Valencia.

Valencia (España)

Churches: • Catedral de Santa María de Valencia: Calle de la Barchilla, 1  46003 Valencia Museums: • Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia: C/ San Pío V, nº 9, 46010 Valencia Births: • Julià, Asensio (1753-1832) • Lola de Valence, née Dolores Melea See…

El columpio (1779)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El columpio (The Swing) 1779 Oil on canvas, 260 x 165 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This cartoon, the pair to The Washerwomen (P-786), depicts three women and four elegantly dressed children with their dog on a…

1779

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Borbón y Vallabriga, María Teresa de (1779-1828) Deaths: • Garrick, David (1717-1779) Music: • Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) Art: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Dedalo e Icaro (1777-79) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Le…

Las floreras, o La Primavera (1786)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las floreras, o La Primavera (The Flower Girls, or Spring) 1786 Oil on canvas, 277 x 192 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels…

1786

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Music: • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Le nozze di Figaro (1786) Art: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828) El otoño (1786) • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Las floreras, o La Primavera (1786) • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Niño montando un carnero (1786-87)…

Cristo crucificado (1780)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Cristo crucificado (Christ on the Cross) 1780 Oil on canvas, 255 x 154 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The figure of Christ is depicted following the tradition of seventeenth-century Spanish religious painting, although the classical concept of…