Tag: España

Angelo con corona di gigli (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Angelo con corona di gigli (Angel with a crown of lilies) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 40 x 53 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a fragment of Saint Joseph with the infant Christ, painted for the…

Visione di San Pascual Baylón (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Visione di San Pascual Baylón (Vision of St. Paschal Baylon) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 340 x 180 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The two surviving fragments of the canvas painted before August 29, 1769 have been assembled…

Abramo e i tre angeli (c.1770)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Abramo e i tre angeli (Abraham and the three angels) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 196 x 151 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This painting presents an event mentioned in the book of Genesis (18, 1.19). Giambattista Tiepolo…

L’Olimpo, Trionfo di Venere (1761-1764)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’Olimpo, o Trionfo di Venere (The Olympus or Triumph of Venus) 1761–1764 Oil on canvas, 87 x 61.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a sketch for a no-longer extant painting on canvas intended to decorate…

The Building of the Tower of Babel (c.1595)

Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) The Building of the Tower of Babel c.1595 Oil on panel, 43.2 x 42.9 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Attributed to Peter Brueghel the Younger, this small panel, from the collections of the Palace of…