Tag: Velázquez

La Rendición de Breda (c.1635)

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…

Cristo crucificado (c.1632)

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…

Cristo en la cruz (1631)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) 1631 Oil on canvas, 100 x 57 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Unlike the Christ Crucified (P1161) from the convent of San Plácido, whose authorship and extraordinary merits are…

La fragua de Vulcano (1630)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La fragua de Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) 1630 Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A figure suddenly appears on the left in a forge where various blacksmiths are working, dressed in…

Los borrachos (1628-1629)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (The Drunkards, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1628–1629 Oil on canvas, 165 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Documentation of payment received by Velázquez in July 1629 for an…

Las Meninas (1656)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las Meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV (Las meninas or The Family of Philip IV) 1656 Oil on canvas, 320.5 x 281.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of Velázquez‘s largest paintings and among…

Wallace Collection (London)

Established: 1897 Address: Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN Website: https://www.wallacecollection.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…

Homer

(fl.9th or 8th century BC) Ὅμηρος Works: • Ιλιάδα (Greek) ◊ L’Iliade (French) ◊ The Iliad (English) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Α (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Β (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Γ (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Δ (Greek) ◊ L’Odyssée (French) ◊ The Odyssey (English) Homer…

Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia (Valencia)

Founded: 1837 Address: C/ San Pío V, nº 9, La Saïdia, 46010 Valencia, España Website: https://museobellasartesvalencia.gva.es/es Collection: • Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516): Arrest of Jesus (c.1510-20) • Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516): Crowning with Thorns (c.1510-20) • Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516): Flagellation of Jesus (c.1510-20) • Bosch,…

Nature morte au bouquet (1871)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte au bouquet (Still Life with Bouquet) 1871 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 59.1 × 3.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston “Painting is done to decorate walls. So it should be as rich as possible. For me…