Tag: España

San Benito (1640-1645)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Benito (Saint Benedict) c.1640–1645 Oil on canvas, 188 x 103.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting formed part of a series by Zurbarán representing the thirteen founders of monastic orders, known today…

Figueras (España)

Figueras in Art: Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Gitano de Figueres 1923 Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid     Births: • Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Deaths: • Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) See also: • Cities | España

Danae (1560-1565)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae 1560–1565 Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 181.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first Poesie presented to Prince Philip were Danaë (1553, The Wellington Collection) and Venus and Adonis (1554, Museo del Prado, P422), versions of other…

Ritratto di Filippo II in armatura (1551)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Filippo II in armatura (Portrait of Philip II in Armour) 1551 Oil on canvas, 193 cm x 111 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Philip II was Titian’s most important patron, and the pair’s artistic relationship was…

Felipe II (España)

(1527–1598) Felipe el Prudente King of Spain (1556–1598) King of Portugal (1581–1598) Philip II in Art: El Greco (1541-1614) Adoración del Nombre de Jesús late 1570s National Gallery, London     Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Filippo II in armatura 1551 Museo del Prado, Madrid  …

Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1550)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 87 x 80 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Salome, an Edomite princess born of Herodias and the wife of Herod Philip…

Venere con organista e cagnolino (c.1550)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere con organista e cagnolino (Venus with an Organist and a Little Dog) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 138 x 222.4 x 3.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In contrast to the paintings created for the Camerino d’Alabastro and the…

Adamo ed Eva (c.1550)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adamo ed Eva (Adam and Eve) c.1550 Oil on canvas, 240 x 186 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The painting is a faithful visualisation of Genesis 30, 9-19 in which Eve is blamed for accepting the forbidden fruit (although…