Month: September 2020

Francisco de Quevedo: Quotations

Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) “Cuando decimos que todo tiempo pasado fue mejor, condenamos el porvenir sin conocerlo.” (When we say that all past times were better, we condemn the future without knowing it.) “Donde hay poca justicia, es un peligro…

Francisco de Quevedo

(1580–1645) Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas Works: • Historia de la vida del Buscón (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume I (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume II (Spanish) • Pablo de Segovia (English) • The Visions of Dom Francisco…

Córdoba (España)

Córdoba in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Street of the Great Captain, Córdoba 1910 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis     Births: • Góngora, Luis de (1561-1627) • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus minor (c.4 BC-65 AD) Deaths: • Góngora, Luis de (1561-1627) See also: • Andalucía |…

Luis de Góngora

(1561–1627) Luis de Góngora y Argote, born Luis de Argote y Góngora Góngora in Art: Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston   Born July 11 1561 Córdoba (España) Died May 23 1627 Córdoba (España)…

Venere, Adone e Cupido (c.1590)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere, Adone e Cupido (Venus, Adonis and Cupid) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 212 x 268 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Venus, the Roman goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid’s arrows,…

Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (1599-1600)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) 1599–1600 Oil on panel, diameter 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This late work whose composition recalls those of Raphael, is…

Il ristoro miracoloso (1604-1605)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Il ristoro miracoloso (The miraculous refreshment) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 126 x 230.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera in the church of Santiago…