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Landscape. Oil on canvas. GARCÍA LESMES, Aurelio.
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape. Oil on canvas. GARCÍA LESMES, Aurelio (Valladolid, Spain, 1884-Mexico City, Mexico, 1942).
Signed (lower right).
Aurelio García Lesmes was a Spanish painter who began hi...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
View of the pier of Antwerp. Oil on canvas. Flemish school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
View of the pier of Antwerp. Oil on canvas. Flemish school, 18th century.
Numerous ships and boats appear in the landscape, accompanied by small characters. In the background a city...
Category
Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Other
The temptation of St Anthony. Oil on canvas. 17th c., after David Teniers II
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Madrid, ES
Temptations of San Antonio Abad. Oil on canvas. 17th century, following the model of David Teniers II (Antwerp, 1610-Brussels, 1690).
Oil on canvas showing a figurative scene located inside a cave. To the right, you can see a cross standing, supported; to the left, a hut; and in the center of the painting appears an elderly, bearded man, leaning on a table on which there is a ceramic jug and a skull, with an open book at the foot of it. The man looks towards a woman, who points to something outside, and appears accompanied by a large frog and a series of ghostly beings or monsters dressed in brightly colored cloth and clothing.
San Antonio Abad or Antonio Magno (251-356) was a Christian monk, considered the founder of the eremitical movement. He was tempted numerous times by the devil while he was in the desert, becoming a subject frequently represented in art (as can be seen in this oil painting). He is represented in a black habit because the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of San Antonio (Hospitals) was placed under his patronage, being the color of the habits of the members of this order (the tau or Egyptian cross was also the symbol chosen by they).
David Teniers II or El Joven was a prominent Flemish painter and engraver, son of David Teniers El Viejo or I and father of David Teniers III, much appreciated at the time for his scenes of villagers and common people, his paintings of monkey painters, etc. . He dealt with the theme of the Temptations of Saint Anthony...
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Paintings
Materials
Other
Framed lithograph, fresco from Nero's Domus Aurea (Rome)...
Located in Madrid, ES
Framed lithograph, fresco from Nero's Domus Aurea (Rome). Engraved by Carlo Romano, after design by Francesco Smuglewicz
Painted lithograph showing a grot...
Category
20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Framed lithograph, fresco from Nero's Domus Aurea (Rome)...
Located in Madrid, ES
Framed lithograph, fresco from Nero's Domus Aurea (Rome). Engraved by Carlo Romano, following design by Francesco Smuglewicz.
Painted lithograph showing a...
Category
20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Odysseus and Circe, relief. Modeled alabaster. 20th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Odysseus and Circe, relief. Modeled alabaster. 20th century, following the model of SPRANGER, Bartholomäus (1546-1611).
Panel with figurative relief and a fine frame around it made ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Pair of panels, Dancers. Molded alabaster. 20th century, after CANOVA, Ant
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of panels, Dancers. Molded alabaster. 20th century, inspired by CANOVA, Antonio (1757-1822).
Pair of reliefs with frames made of alabaster molded with polychrome, inspired by t...
Category
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Bracket. molded alabaster
Located in Madrid, ES
Bracket. molded alabaster
Decorative element made of marble powder with green, brown, etc. tones. decorated with plant elements of naturalistic inspiration, recalling approaches of ...
Category
20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Other
"Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne". 20th century, after Annibale Carracci
Located in Madrid, ES
"Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne" after Annibale Carracci's model. Modeled alabaster
The classical deities Bacchus and Ariadne have been represented in a chariot, accompanied by a pr...
Category
20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Resin
Venus and Mercury, relief. Molded alabaster. 20th century, after Spranger
Located in Madrid, ES
Venus and Mercury, relief. Molded alabaster. 20th century, Inspired by the model of SPRANGER, Bartholomäus (1546-1611).
Panel with figurative relief and a fine frame around it made ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Virtues, relief. Molded and polychrome alabaster. 20th century, after Sanzio.
Located in Madrid, ES
Virtues, relief. Molded and polychrome alabaster. 20th century, Inspired by models by SANZIO, Rafael or Raffaello (1483-1520).
Relief with figurative decoration made of alabaster molded with polychrome inspired by the fresco of “The Cardinal and Theological Virtues” on the south wall of the Signature Room in the so-called “Raphael rooms” because they were painted by Rafael Sanzio...
Category
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Horse and dogs with pages, relief. 20th century, after Mantegna.
Located in Madrid, ES
Horse and dogs with pages, relief. Molded and polychrome alabaster. 20th century, following the model of MANTEGNA, Andrea (around 1431-1506).
Relief with frame decorated with elemen...
Category
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Musicians, relief. Molded alabaster. 20th century, after Renaissance models.
Located in Madrid, ES
Musicians, relief. Molded alabaster. 20th century, after Renaissance models.
Relief with frame made of alabaster molded with polychrome inspired by Renaissance works of the Spanish s...
Category
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Relief, “Ballerinas”. Modeled alabaster. 20th century, after CANOVA
Located in Madrid, ES
Relief, “Ballerinas”. Modeled alabaster. 20th century, following the CANOVA model, Antonio
Relief made of modeled alabaster with polychrome, enhanced with a somewhat modern frame th...
Category
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Frame with three miniatures; Marie Antoinette, etc. 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Frame with three miniatures. XIX century.
Rectangular frame with a textile background that shows three oval miniatures with female portraits, enhanced with gilded bronze frames (the sides are finished with lacework, the central one crowned). The back has two rings at the top to hang the piece on a wall. Starting on the left and identified by small metal signs with black letters, we have “Madame Elisabeth” (Elisabeth of France [1764-1794] was the sister of Louis XVI and eldest daughter of Louis, Dauphin of France, and the Duchess Mary Josefa of Saxony), to “Marie Antoinette” (Marie Antoinette [1755-1793], archduchess of Austria and queen of France, was the daughter of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa), and to “Madame Lebrun” (Louise-Elisabeth Vigeé LeBrun...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Rococo Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze, Other
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. 1571-1585).
Located in Madrid, ES
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. Antwerp, 1571-1585).
Exhibition: “Reality, time and artifice. Still life and vanitas in baro...
Category
Antique 16th Century Belgian Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
Three black-caped lories. Watercolour or watercolor, framed. 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Three tricolor lorises. Framed watercolor. Twentieth century.
Framed watercolor painting showing three birds perched on branches. The tricolor lory (Lorius lory), or black-naped lor...
Category
20th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Couple of landscapes. Oil on canvas. Spanish school (BILSO), 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Couple of landscapes. Oil on canvas. Spanish school (BILSO), 20th century.
Signed in the lower corners.
Pair of landscapes or notes of rural landscapes with trees, mountains and bu...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
The attack of the lion, Orientalist. Oil on canvas. 19th century. Signed.
Located in Madrid, ES
The attack of the lion, Orientalist. Oil on canvas. XIX century.
Signed in the lower left area.
Painting located within the orientalist current, highly appreciated in Europe during...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Paintings
Materials
Other
Bandit and soldier, pair. Oils on boards. LUCAS VILLAAMIL, Eugenio.
Located in Madrid, ES
Bandit and soldier, couple. Oils on tables. LUCAS VILLAAMIL, Eugenio (Madrid, 1858-1919).
They present signature and remains of signature. Labels on the back.
This pair of tables shows, on a blue background, two male busts. Despite their detail and naturalism, they are not portraits in themselves, but rather "type paintings", showing the conception that was held at the time of a bandit or a general, in line with certain common postulates in Romanticism. Spanish. Eugenio Lucas Villaamil began his training with his father, Eugenio Lucas Velázquez...
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Other
Heraldic Shield, Oil on Canvas, Torres, a. Spanish School, 1856
Located in Madrid, ES
Heraldic shield. Oil on canvas. TORRES, A. Spanish school, 1856.
Signed and dated.
This work shows a heraldic shield on a blue background with different tones, in an oval and fra...
Category
Antique 1850s Spanish Neoclassical Revival Paintings
Materials
Other
Still Life of Flowers, Oil on Canvas, García-ochoa Ibáñez, Luis, 1949
Located in Madrid, ES
Still life of flowers. Oil on canvas. GARCÍA-OCHOA IBÁÑEZ, Luis (San Sebastián, 1920-Madrid, 2019). 1949.
Signed and dated towards the lower left corner. Label on the back.
Still life that shows a round table covered...
Category
Vintage 1940s Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Classical Style Corbel, Marble Dust
Located in Madrid, ES
Classic console in marble powder.
Under a simple molding, a volute with an open center has been placed, revealing a venerated shape in another tone whose lines it follows. This bic...
Category
20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Landscape with Lake, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape with lake. Oil on canvas. Century XVIII.
Landscape with a sunset situated on a lake, with some mountains in the background and some trees and a hut in the foreground. Sli...
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Other
Abduction of Europe Oil on Canvas, 18th Century, After Veronese
By Paolo Veronese
Located in Madrid, ES
Rapture of Europe Oil on canvas. 17th century, following the model of VERONESE, Paolo Caliari (Verona, 1528-Venice, 1588).
Oil on canvas showing a scen...
Category
Antique 18th Century European Baroque Paintings
Materials
Other
Mala Faena. Watercolor. Signed in the lower left corner. LLANECES,
By José Llaneces
Located in Madrid, ES
Bad job. Watercolor. Signed in the lower left corner. LLANECES, JOSÉ DE SAN BARTOLOMÉ (Madrid, Spain, 1863-1919).
José de San Bartolomé was a Spanish painter and sculptor who worked...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Pine Wood Niche, Spanish School, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Niche. Gilded and polychrome pine wood. Spain, 17th century.
Niche made of carved and gilded pine wood, decorated with moldings, a venerated shape and plant elements in the upper p...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Other
Bronze Bassin for Holy Water, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Holy wall font. Bronze. Spain, 17th Century.
Small font for holy water designed to be placed on a wall, which has a container decorated with moldings and architectural elements and...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Bronze, Other
Landscapes, Xalapa, Mexico, Pair of Oils on Canvas, Spanish School, Ca 1840
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscapes, Xalapa, Mexico. Pair of oils on canvas. Spanish school, around 1840.
Provenance: Conde de la Cortina collection, Jalapa, Mexico.
Couple of landscapes framed within the Spanish school of the first half of the 19th century, with a clear romantic affiliation. Both evidence the knowledge of the Dutch classicist landscape, one of the main influences on the Spanish romantic landscape. Thus, we see compositions in "V", closed on the sides and open in the center, very low horizons that allow a wide development of the sky, spaces built in depth based on successive planes subtly differentiated by light and color, and small figures perfectly integrated into the natural setting. In addition, the skies are scenographic and dramatic, with low clouds behind which the golden light characteristic of the classicist landscape filters.
One of the most radical aspects of romantic painting was the attempt to replace large canvases with historical or religious themes with landscapes. They wanted the pure landscape, almost figureless or totally devoid of them, to achieve the heroic significance of history painting. They were based on the idea that human feeling and nature should be complementary, one reflected in the other. In other words, the landscape should arouse emotion and transmit ideas. Thus, landscapers like the author of these canvases tried to express their feelings through the landscape, instead of imitating it. The romantic landscape had two main aspects: the dramatic one, with turbulent and fantastic views, and the naturalistic one, which emphasized images of a peaceful and serene nature. This second conception is what we see embodied in these works; the painter tries to communicate a religious reverence for the landscape, nature in its fullness. In fact, the author's own use of light here conveys a foggy, cloudy, dreamlike atmosphere that invites the viewer to meditate and contemplate himself in the landscape. The romantic landscape is constituted, however, by manifestations of very different types and not comparable to each other; it does not affect all national schools equally, staying more faithful to tradition in schools such as the French or the Dutch. Thus, in this canvas we do not find the grandiose scenery of the British and Germans, the steep mountains or the monumental Gothic ruin...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century South American Neoclassical Revival Paintings
Materials
Other
Flotte d'Otahiti Assembled at Oparee, Colored Engraving, Robert Benard, 1778
By Robert Benard
Located in Madrid, ES
Flotte d'Otahiti assembled at Oparee. Colored engraving. Robert Benard (active 1750-1785), 1778.
Hand-colored engraving from the series “The Voyages of Captain Cook”, which makes n...
Category
Antique 1770s European Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Other
Set of Three Heraldic Plates, Bronze, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of three heraldic plates. Bronze. Century XVIII.
Bronze plaques decorated with a castle with a pelican pecking its chest at the door, a heraldic element enhanced with plant for...
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Bullfighting Scene, Oil on Canvas, Signed, GONZÁLEZ MARCOS, Ángel
Located in Madrid, ES
Bullfighting scene. Oil on canvas. Signed (lower left corner). GONZÁLEZ MARCOS, Ángel (Madrid, 1900 - 1978).
Master of impressionist painting, Ángel González focused from his youth...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Oil on Porcelain, 20th Century, After David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Madrid, ES
Napoleon crossing the Alps. Oil on porcelain. 20th century, following the models of Jacques-Louis David (1801-1805).
Oil painting on porc...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Countryside Scene, Oil on Porcelain
Located in Madrid, ES
Country scene. Oil on porcelain.
A country scene has been painted in oil on a porcelain plate, enhanced with a frame decorated with elements of cla...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Consecration of Herma, Oil on Porcelain, After Feodor A. Bronnikov
Located in Madrid, ES
The consecration of Herma. Oil on porcelain. Following models of Feodor A. Bronnikov.
Porcelain plaque with a scene inspired by classical religion ...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Hunting Scene, Oil on Porcelain, After KPM Models
Located in Madrid, ES
Hunting scene. Oil on porcelain. following KPM models.
Oil-painted porcelain plate showing a hunting scene with horsemen and dogs, enhanced by an e...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Pair of Miniatures, Frans van de Casteele 'Kasteels' aka Francesco da Castello
By Francesco da Castello
Located in Madrid, ES
Frans van de Casteele (Kasteels) called Francesco da Castello (Brussels, ca. 1541 - Rome, 1621)
Adoration of the shepherds
Crowning with thorns
First decade of the 17th century.
Tempera and gold on parchment, 290 x 240 mm (with frame).
Original wooden frame with trimmed silver foil applications; in the corners, medallions with the four evangelists.
The two refined miniatures of the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Crowning with Thorns are works of the artist's full maturity, dating from the first decade of the 17th century, characterized by formal simplification and pure colors in the invoice of the garments that stand out from the eburoral incarnations of the characters.
Among the numerous motifs comparable to those of other miniatures by Francesco da Castello, the small medallions with the Evangelists barely outlined on a golden background, closely recall the miniatures, of reduced dimensions, inserted in the compartments of the frame of the altar with the Mysteries del Rosario, as well as those of another box with compartments with the Tree of Jesse...
Category
Antique Early 17th Century European Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Saints John and Matthew, Polychrome Wood, Possibly, Burgos School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of reliefs, San Juan and San Mateo. Polychrome wood. Possibly, Burgos school, 16th century.
Pair of carved and polychrome wood reliefs that each show a seated human figure wri...
Category
Antique 16th Century Spanish Renaissance Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Other
Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape. Oil on canvas. XIX century.
Natural landscape or a garden, with a lake in the foreground, which presents a series of trees towards the center of it. Both the theme and ...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Vanitas, Oil on Panel, Circle of Vincent Sellaer 'c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589'
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas. Oil on panel. Surroundings by Vincent Sellaer (c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589).
Oil on canvas that shows, on a background with trees and hills, a child figure sitting on a ...
Category
Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
Gathering of Manna, Oil on Canvas, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Jews in the desert collecting the Manna. Oil on canvas, XVII century.
Oil on canvas arranged horizontally in which a figurative theme is shown with a mountainous landscape in the ba...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings
Materials
Other
Pair of Urban Views, "Venice", Marianne Lucy Le Poer Trench 'England, 1888-1940'
By English School
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of urban views. "Venice". Marianne Lucy Le Poer Trench (England, 1888-1940).
Signed in the lower right corner.
Pair of paintings with urban views of the Italian city of Venice...
Category
20th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Other
"Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne". 20th century, after Annibale Carracci
By Annibale Carracci
Located in Madrid, ES
"Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne" after Annibale Carracci's model. Polychrome resin.
The classical deities Bacchus and Ariadne have been represente...
Category
20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Resin
Artillery Maneuvers, 1901, Roberto Domingo Fallola
Located in Madrid, ES
Domingo Fallola, Roberto (Paris, 1883 - Madrid, 1956).
"The load", Paris.
Watercolor on paper.
Signed and located in the lower right corner.
Domingo trained in Paris with his...
Category
20th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Paper
Landscape, Water Painting, Agustín Redondela
By Agustín Redondela
Located in Madrid, ES
Water painting. Landscape by Agustin Redondela
Agustín Redondela (Madrid, October 29, 1922)
A practically self-taught painter and considered one of ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Water Painting, Landscape with Shrine, Redondela, Agustín 'Madrid, 1922'
By Agustín Redondela
Located in Madrid, ES
Redondela, Agustín (Madrid, 1922).
"Hermitage".
Watercolor.
Signed and titled in the lower area.
A mainly self-taught painter by training, Agustín González Alonso was trained together with his father, the painter and set designer José González...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Oil on Canvas, Alejandro Gómez MarCo, Signed, 20th Century
By Alejandro Gómez Marco
Located in Madrid, ES
Signed in the lower left corner "GOMEZ MarCo".
Alejandro Gomez MarCo (Madrid, 1942-2020)
Born in Madrid. Studies at the National School of Graphic Arts and the School of Fine Arts ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Landscape", 1972, Watercolor, Signed and Dated, Martínez Novillo, Cirilo
By Cirilo Martínez Novillo
Located in Madrid, ES
Martínez Novillo, Cirilo (Madrid, 1921-2008).
"Landscape", 1972.
Watercolor. Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Cirilo Martínez Novillo is one of the most outstanding ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Spanish Other Contemporary Art
Materials
Other
Crown. Polychromed and Carved Wood, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Auction. Carved and polychrome wood, 18th century.
Finished in carved, polychrome and gilt wood decorated with a light relief based on "ce" scrolls lying together in pairs by one of ...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Pair of Reliefs, Grotesque or Candelieri, Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of reliefs; grutescos or candelieri. Carved, polychrome and golden wood. 16th century, and later
Pair of reliefs made of hand carved wood, gilded ...
Category
Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
St. Bartholomew's Martyrdom, Painting on Vellum, after Ribera y Cucó, José
Located in Madrid, ES
St. Bartholomew's Martyrdom. Painting on vellum. After models from Ribera y Cucó, José (Játiva, Spain, 1591-Naples, Italy, 1652).
The composition is organized around the diagonal t...
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Paintings
Materials
Leather
"Abraham Repudiating Hagar", Miniature, Ater Van Rijn, Rembrandt, 18th Century
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Madrid, ES
"Abraham repudiating Hagar". Framed miniature. Ater VAN RIJN, Rembrandt (Leinden, 1606-Amsterdam, 1669), 18th century.
It shows a story of Genesis. The story tells that Sara accepte...
Category
Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Other
Two Characters, Oil on Canvas, Martínez Novillo, Cirilo, Spain
By Cirilo Martínez Novillo
Located in Madrid, ES
"Two characters". Oil on canvas. Signed (bottom right corner). MARTÍNEZ NOVILLO, Cirilo (Vallecas, Madrid, 1921 - Madrid, 2008).
Cirilo Martínez Novillo was a painter from Madrid who began his training in the capital (School of Arts and Crafts, Libertarian Athenian of the People of Vallecas during the Civil War, School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving at the National Library), starting at the time of the contest his first artistic works in the world of literature. When the war ended, he was imprisoned for a year, at which time he devoted himself completely to painting. In the 1940s he went from setting up his first studio and focusing his work on figures and still lifes, with his first solo exhibition in 1942, to be known by critics at the end of the decade; the 1950s were very important in his pictorial training, toured Spain and presented his work in several national and international exhibitions, in addition to being from these years when he fits within the "School of Madrid" (collectively presents many works together with others members of the same, such as Álvaro Delgado...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Northeuropean Landscape with Ruins, 17th Century Style, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Oil on board.
Rural landscape with a watercourse, a stone bridge and a house in ruins, located among trees, animated by the presence of a person and without apparent subject matter ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Baroque Paintings
Materials
Wood
“Still Life” Oil on Canvas, Mañanós Martínez, Asterio, 1933
Located in Madrid, ES
Signed and dated.
Asterio Mañanós Martínez (1861-circa 1935) began his painting studies in the Municipal School of Drawing of Palencia with Justo María de Velasco and, from 1877, in ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Travellers" Oil on Canvas, Signed "a. Briones", 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Oil on canvas showing a natural background landscape, barely sketched, to give prominence to the figures that are moving forward in the first term. The man, to the right, carries a c...
Category
20th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Wedding of Tethys and Peleus", Oil on Canvas, School of Madrid, Spain
Located in Madrid, ES
"Wedding of Tethys and Peleus". Oil on canvas. School of Madrid, 17th century. Corte, Juan de la (Antwerp, circa 1585 - Madrid, 1662) circle.
This work describes the weddings of the Nereid Thetis and the prince Peleo, parents of Achilles. It was celebrated on Mount Pelion, and all the deities came, although Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited. In revenge, she threw a golden apple in which she said "for the most beautiful", that caused the dispute between Athena, Aphrodite and Hera that led to the Trial of Paris, to finally bring about the Trojan War. The banquet is depicted with a composition worked in depth, located in a rich interior of classical architecture illuminated by the light of Apollo, which is situated at the far end of the viewer. At the head of the table, in the foreground, appears Zeus, accompanied by the eagle and Hera, queen of the gods, to his left. In the lower right corner we see a group of satyrs serving the wine, accompanied by rich metal vessels worked with a detailed and descriptive brushstroke. The rest of the gods appear clearly differentiated, with Athena in the foreground to the right and, following an agile rhythm in zigzag, typically baroque, Aphrodite with Eros, Hermes and the grooms, to the left, and to the right Poseidon. Formally it is a work perfectly framed within the 17th century school of Madrid, developed around the court.
Thus, we see a sumptuous, allegorical classicist baroque, where the studies of light and color are especially relevant, revealing the exalted and luminous tone typical of this school's maturity. In particular, we can relate this painting to the circle of Juan de la Corte, painter of Flemish origin. We know nothing of his first formation today, for Palomino's assertion of his birth in Spain was documented, quoting in his testament that he was born in Antwerp. Also conserved documents in which the painter declares his apprenticeship in Flanders, where "it exerted his office by many years". For all this he has been associated with Flemish artists of the time who, due to personal knowledge or the study of his works, strongly influenced the configuration of his personal language. We know of his establishment in Spain at least since 1613. His work at the court encouraged him to ask for the place of royal painter who left vacant Bartolomé González...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil on Canvas, Martínez Novillo, Cirilo 'Madrid, 1921-2008'
By Cirilo Martínez Novillo
Located in Madrid, ES
Signed.
Cirilo Martínez Novillo is one of the most outstanding representatives of the so-called School of Madrid, a city where he began his training at the School of Arts & Crafts. During the Civil War he entered the School of Painting and went to the workshop of Daniel Vázquez Díaz, who became his teacher, supporting him throughout his career. In his workshop, Martínez Novillo meets some of the painters linked to the School of Madrid: Álvaro Delgado...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Landscape", Watercolor on Paper, Caswell, William Frederick
Located in Madrid, ES
Caswell, William Frederick (United Kingdom, Act 1870-1914). "Landscape". Watercolor on paper. Signed with initials in the lower right corner. . In this work Caswell offers an evocati...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Other Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Andalousian Party", Oil on Tablex, Jean-Louis Paguenaud
Located in Madrid, ES
"Fiesta andaluza", oil on tablex, Jean-Louis Paguenaud (1876-1952). Signed and dedicated ("cantatrice Dupré") in the lower right corner. Jean-Louis Paguenaud is the pseudonym of Jean...
Category
Early 20th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Wood
