(1872–1956) Pío Baroja y Nessi Works: • Cæsar or Nothing (English) • Con la Pluma y con el Sable: Crónica de 1820 a 1823 (Spanish) • El amor, el dandysmo y la intriga (Spanish) • El aprendiz de conspirador (Spanish)…
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Tag: Madrid
Lope de Vega
(1562–1635) Lope Félix de Vega Carpio Works: • Comedias (Spanish) • Comedias inéditas (Spanish) • Fuente Ovejuna (Spanish) • La moza de cántaro (Spanish) • The Pilgrim of Castile (English) Born November 25 1562 Madrid (España) Died August 27 1635 Madrid (España)…
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
(1600–1681) Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño Works: • Eight Dramas of Calderon (English) • Life Is a Dream (English) • Teatro selecto, tomo 1 (Spanish) • Teatro selecto, tomo 2…
Francisco de Quevedo
(1580–1645) Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas Works: • Historia de la vida del Buscón (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume I (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume II (Spanish) • Pablo de Segovia (English) • The Visions of Dom Francisco…
Venere, Adone e Cupido (c.1590)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere, Adone e Cupido (Venus, Adonis and Cupid) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 212 x 268 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Venus, the Roman goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid’s arrows,…
Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (1599-1600)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) 1599–1600 Oil on panel, diameter 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This late work whose composition recalls those of Raphael, is…
San Diego salva il ragazzo addormentato nel forno (1604-1605)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego salva il ragazzo addormentato nel forno (Saint Didacus saves the sleeping boy in the oven) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 132 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the…
Il ristoro miracoloso (1604-1605)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Il ristoro miracoloso (The miraculous refreshment) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 126 x 230.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera in the church of Santiago…
San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’elemosina (1604-1605)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’elemosina (Saint Didacus of Alcalá receiving alms) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 126 x 223.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group for the…
San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’abito francescano (1604-1605)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’abito francescano (Saint Didacus of Alcalá receiving the franciscan habit) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 132 x 211.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group…