Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, a caballo (Philip IV on horseback) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 303 x 317 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Of the equestrian portraits painted for the Hall of Realms, this is the only one with a…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) 1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 57 x 44 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an extraordinary example of the eventful life of many royal portraits during the Siglo de Oro, and it shows…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) 1623 Oil on canvas, 198 x 101.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid We see King Philip IV of Spain (r. 1621-1665) when he was around twenty years old in an austere image filled…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Adoración de los Reyes Magos (Adoration of the Magi) 1619 Oil on canvas, 203 x 125 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Painted in Seville in 1619, The Adoration of the Magi is the largest of Velázquez‘s early…
(1845–1886) Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm King of Bavaria (1864–1886) Ludwig in Film: Ludwig 1972 Director: Luchino Visconti Starring: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider Born August 25 1845 Nymphenburg Palace, Munich (Germany) Died June 13 1886 Starnberger See (Germany) Cause of death…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 16th century Oil on canvas, 141 cm x 219 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi 1500s Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi c.1557–1560…
(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 …
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività mistica (Mystic Nativity) 1500 Oil on canvas, 108.6 x 74.9 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ reaches up towards the Virgin Mary, oblivious of his visitors – the Three Kings on the left and the shepherds on…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1478–1482 Tempera and oil on panel, 68 x 102 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About three dozen people gather in a grassy field to either side of a crumbling structure to…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Kings) c.1500 Tempera on panel, 107.5 x 173 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze