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Cristo en la Cruz (c.1630)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Cristo en la Cruz (Christ on the Cross) c.1630 Oil on canvas, 214 x 143.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present canvas was unpublished until 1918 when Hugo Kehrer included it in his monograph on Zurbarán. At…

San Sebastiano (4th quarter of the 15th century)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 255 x 140 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Composition surrounded by a trompe-l’oeil porphyry border. Probably arrived in Aigueperse (Auvergne) on the occasion of the marriage…

Monje hablando con una anciana (c.1825)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Monje hablando con una anciana (Monk Talking to an Old Woman) c.1825 Watercolor, 5.7 x 5.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton In December 1825, Goya wrote to his friend Joaquín Ferrer, “It is true that last…

Il Concerto (c.1507)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Il Concerto (The Concert) c.1507 Oil on canvas, 86 x 70 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia On five-year loan from a private collection.

El tío Paquete (c.1819-1820)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El tío Paquete c.1819–1820 Oil on canvas, 39 x 31 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The subject of this canvas can be identified from the inscription that was previously on the reverse and which read “El célebre ciego…