Tag: Madrid

San Pietro (s.d.)

Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) San Pietro (St. Peter) s.d. Tempera and gold on panel, 58 x 38.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection As is required by an iconographic tradition without exceptions, St. Peter is represented as an old man holding…

Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland (1904)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1904 Oil on canvas, 254 x 146 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid John Singer Sargent lived in Paris until 1886. He studied with the painter Carolus Duran and made friends with a…

Arlequín con espejo (1923)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Arlequín con espejo (Harlequin with a Mirror) 1923 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Sucesión Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid Initially intended as a self-portrait, Harlequin with a Mirror combines three characters from the circus and…

Family Group in a Landscape (1645-1648)

Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Family Group in a Landscape 1645–1648 Oil on canvas, 202 x 285 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Frans Hals is widely considered the most brilliant exponent of Dutch portraiture, a genre that enjoyed immense popularity in the seventeenth century.…

Venus and Cupid (c.1606-1611)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Oil on canvas, 137 x 111 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Rubens was the most outstanding of all Flemish painters, and a leading exponent of Baroque art. The Toilet of Venus is one of…

Giovane cavaliere in un paesaggio (c.1505)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Giovane cavaliere in un paesaggio (Young Knight in a Landscape) c.1505 Oil on canvas, 218.5 x 151.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The canvas, signed and dated by Carpaccio on a cartellino to the right of the figure, was…

Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni (1489-1490)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Mixed media on panel, 77 x 49 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This superb panel is a fine example of fifteenth-century Florentine portraiture. Artists of the time followed classical dictates: body proportions were idealised while…

Cristo e la Samaritana (1310-1311)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Cristo e la Samaritana (Christ and the Samaritan Woman) 1310–1311 Tempera and gold on panel, 43.5 x 46 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier) of the Maestà altarpiece made for…