Tag: España

Defensa de Cádiz contra los ingleses (1634-1635)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Defensa de Cádiz contra los ingleses (Defence of Cadiz against the English) 1634–1635 Oil on canvas, 302 x 323 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The event depicted is Cadiz’s defense from the attack of an English…

Amor virtuoso (c.1653)

Guercino (1591-1666) Amor virtuoso (Cupid Spurning Riches) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The papal nuncio to Spain, Camillo Massimo (1620–1677), presented Guercino’s Cupid spurning Riches and Guido Reni’s Cupid with a Bow (P150)…

Visione di sant’Agostino (1636)

Guercino (1591-1666) Visione di sant’Agostino (Saint Augustine meditating on the Trinity) 1636 Oil on canvas, 185 x 166 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid According to this saint’s story, he was walking along the seaside meditating about the mystery of the…

San Pietro liberato da un angelo (c.1622)

Guercino (1591-1666) San Pietro liberato da un angelo (Saint Peter freed by an Angel) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 105 x 136 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A youthful looking angel with curly hair imperiously points out the path of freedom…

Maddalena penitente (1645-1649)

Guercino (1591-1666) Maddalena penitente (Mary Magdalene in Penitence) 1645–1649 Oil on canvas, 119.8 x 101.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Mary Magdalene is one of the most famous saints in Christianity, for having known Christ and because she represented the…

Susanna e i vecchioni (1617)

Guercino (1591-1666) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1617 Oil on canvas, 176 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Historian Denis Mahon has masterfully shown that this painting and two other famous works by Guercino –Lot and…

Lola de Valence (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Lola de Valence 1862 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Lola de Valence, née Dolores Melea

Lola de Valence (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Lola de Valence 1915 Oil on paper, mounted on wood, 52.1 × 33.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Modigliani consistently integrated stylistic features of African art into his distinctive portraits. This work represents Lola de Valence,…

Lola de Valence

Lola de Valence, née Dolores Melea Lola de Valence in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Lola de Valence 1862 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Lola de Valence 1915 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York