Tag: España

Las floreras, o La Primavera (1786)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las floreras, o La Primavera (The Flower Girls, or Spring) 1786 Oil on canvas, 277 x 192 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A young woman holding a girl by the hand receives a rose from another who kneels…

Cristo crucificado (1780)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Cristo crucificado (Christ on the Cross) 1780 Oil on canvas, 255 x 154 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The figure of Christ is depicted following the tradition of seventeenth-century Spanish religious painting, although the classical concept of…

El ciego de la guitarra (1778)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El ciego de la guitarra (The Blind Guitarist) 1778 Oil on canvas, 260 x 311 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The central motif of this work is the blind singer who travels to cities and towns, spreading…

María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga (1783)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga 1783 Oil on canvas, 134.5 x 117.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young girl with pale skin, rosy cheeks, and blond hair stands facing us in front of a…

Andalucía (España)

Andalusia in art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) The Andalusian 1888 (?)-1900 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • España | Regions

Corpus Hypercubus (1954)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Corpus Hypercubus (Crucifixion) 1954 Oil on canvas, 194.3 x 123.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dalí utilized his theory of “nuclear mysticism,” a fusion of Catholicism, mathematics, and science, to create this unusual interpretation of Christ’s…

El Sacramento de la Última Cena (1955)

Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) El Sacramento de la Última Cena (The Sacrament of the Last Supper) 1955 Oil on canvas, 166.7 cm × 267 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington One transparent, ghostly man sits and twelve more people wearing long robes…