Tag: España

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…

La plage de Trouville (c.1890)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La plage de Trouville (The Beach at Trouville) c.1890 Oil on panel, 14.5 x 44 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)

Autoritratto (1635-1638)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1635–1638 Oil on canvas, 46 x 32 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Bernini‘s Self-portrait that has been kept in the Museo del Prado since 1929, since it was published in 1908 by D’Achiardi, critics…

San Francisco medita sobre la muerte (1600-1610)

El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco medita sobre la muerte (Saint Francis Meditating on Death) 1600–1610 Oil on canvas, 106 x 66 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco y el hermano León meditando sobre la muerte…

El caballero de la mano en el pecho (c.1580)

El Greco (1541-1614) El caballero de la mano en el pecho (The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 66.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This bust-length portrait entered the royal collections as a…

Visión del Apocalipsis (1608-1614)

El Greco (1541-1614) Visión del Apocalipsis (The Vision of Saint John) c.1608–1614 Oil on canvas, 222.3 x 193 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The painting is a fragment from a large altarpiece commissioned for the church of the…

San Jerónimo (c.1610)

El Greco (1541-1614) San Jerónimo (Saint Jerome as Scholar) c.1610 Oil on canvas, 108 x 89 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York El Greco executed at least five paintings of Saint Jerome. In this version, from the last years…