Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Cristo crucificado, con un pintor (The Crucified Christ with a Painter) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 105 x 84 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A painter devoutly contemplates the almost-sculptural figure of Christ on the Cross, which stands…
Established: 1856 Finished: 1891 Location: Calle de Alcalá, 48, 28014 Madrid Style: Eclectic Website: https://www.bde.es/bde/es/ Collection: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Francisco Cabarrús (1788) See also: • Madrid (España)
(1773–1835) Juana María Ignacia Teresa de Cabarrús y Galabert Madame Tallien, “Notre-Dame de Thermidor” Madame Tallien in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born July 31 1773 Carabanchel Alto, Madrid (España) Died January 15 1835 Chimay (Belgium) Father…
(1898–1936) Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca Works: • Bodas de sangre (1933) • Canciones (1921-1924) • Diván del Tamarit (1936) • Doña Rosita la soltera (1935) • El maleficio de la mariposa (1919) • Impresiones y paisajes (1918) • La casa de Bernarda Alba…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Anunciación (Annunciation) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 183 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Archangel Gabriel has descended from the heavens and kneels before Mary to announce the birth of Christ. The Angel holds some white…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Sagrada Familia del pajarito (Holy Family with a Bird) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 144 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene filled with tenderness showing the Virgin Mary winding a skein of thread and…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las hilanderas, o La fábula de Aracne (The Spinners or The Fable of Arachne) 1655–1660 Oil on canvas, 220 x 289 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This painting is the result of two acts carried out in…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El dios Marte (Mars, God of War) c.1638 Oil on canvas, 179 x 95 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first documentation of Diego Velazquez‘s Mars is from 1701–03, when it appeared in the inventory of paintings…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las lanzas, o La Rendición de Breda (The Surrender of Breda) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 307.3 x 371.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid On June 5, 1625 the Dutch governor of Breda, Justinus van Nassau, surrendered the…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Cristo crucificado (Christ Crucified) c.1632 Oil on canvas, 248 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Stylistically, this work appears to have been made in the early 1630s -soon after the artist returned from Italy– and most authors…