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Four Moments of the Day, Seville. Oil on canvas. Barrón y Carrillo, Manuel. 19th
Located in Madrid, ES
Four Moments of the Day, Seville. Oil on canvas. Barrón y Carrillo, Manuel. 19th century.
Signed (bottom right). Labels on the back.
Manuel Barrón y Carrillo (Seville, 1814-1884) w...
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Romantic Paintings
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Other
Peasant. Oil on canvas. VELA ZANETTI, José. 1972.
By Jose Vela Zanetti
Located in Madrid, ES
Peasant. Oil on canvas. VELA ZANETTI, José. 1972.
Signed and dated (bottom right).
José Vela Zanetti (Milagros, Burgos, 1913–Burgos, 1999) was a painter best known for his murals...
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Vintage 1970s Spanish Other Paintings
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Other
View of Valdelateja. Oil on canvas. SANTA MARÍA SEDANO, Marceliano. 1925
Located in Madrid, ES
View of Valdelateja. Oil on canvas. SANTA MARÍA SEDANO, Marceliano (Burgos, 1866-Madrid, 1952). 1925.
Titled, signed and dated (bottom right).
Bibliography: La Esfera Magazine (Ma...
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Vintage 1920s Spanish Other Paintings
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Other
Ameyaltepec, Guerrero. Tempera on paper. Venancio, Eugenio. Mexico, 20th c
Located in Madrid, ES
Ameyaltepec, Guerrero. Tempera on paper. Venancio, Eugenio. Mexico, 20th century.
Naïve rural landscape titled in the lower right and signed in the lower left, with people, building...
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20th Century Mexican Other Paintings
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Paper
Allegory of Venus with Cupids. Oil on canvas. Enthroned by BOUCHER, François
Located in Madrid, ES
Allegory of Venus with Cupids. Oil on canvas. Enthroned by BOUCHER, François (Paris, 1703- 1770).
The scene presents, in the background, an idyllic natural landscape, with trees to ...
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Antique 18th Century European Rococo Paintings
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Other
Bullfighting poster, Inauguration of the San Sebastian bullring. Oil on canvas.
Located in Madrid, ES
Bullfighting poster, Inauguration of the San Sebastian bullring. Oil on canvas. PÉREZ SAAVEDRA, Manuel (doc. Circa 1903). 1903.
Original poster for a bullfighting event for the open...
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Antique Early 1900s Spanish Art Nouveau Paintings
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Other
“Bullfighting scene”. Oil on panel, early 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
“Bullfighting scene”. Oil on panel, early 20th century.
Oil painting depicting a bullfighting scene inspired by an illustration (lithography by J. Palacios made in Madrid, based on ...
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20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
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Other
GÓMEZ GIMENO, Antonio (Spain, late 19th – early 20th century). "Still life".
Located in Madrid, ES
GÓMEZ GIMENO, Antonio (Spain, late 19th - early 20th century). "Still life". Oil on canvas or tablex.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 38 x 45.5 cm; 47 x 55.5 cm (fr...
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20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Narcissus at the Fountain, Oil on Panel, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Daffodil in the fountain. Oil on board. XIX century.
Oil on panel showing a landscape with trees and architectural elements with a strong classicist influence (wall with reliefs, vase with garlands, sculptures, fountain) in which two figures appear. A young man dressed in a red tunic...
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Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Paintings
Materials
Other
Landscape with Classical Ruins, Oil on Canvas, Attributed to Giner, Vicente
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape with classical ruins. Oil on canvas. Attributed to Giner, Vicente (ca. 1636-1681).
Reengineered (reentelado in spanish).
Landscape with rocks and buildings in the background that presents, in the foreground, constructions with a marked classicist air, accompanied by two female sculptures on two pedestals. At the foot of this building, there is a group of people, dressed in the classic way (women, children and a soldier with a spear). Vicente Giner, canon and artist from Castellón, is documented working in Rome during the last quarter of the seventeenth century (until he died here in 1681), where he requested, together with others, from Carlos II...
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Antique 17th Century European Baroque Paintings
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Other
Saint Stephen, Oil on Canvas, 17th Century, After Aegidius Sadeler's Engraving
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Stephen. Oil on canvas. 17th century, following Aegidius Sadeler's engraving (inspired by Jacopo Palma).
The figure of the Saint appears in the ...
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items
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Other
Landscape. Oil on canvas. 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape. Oil on canvas. 19th century.
Horizontal landscape with a watercourse in the background with islands and a series of trees and rocky shapes in the foreground, which help, ...
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Antique 19th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Portrait of Fernando Fernandez de Cordoba and Valcarcel. Oil on canvas.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portrait of Fernando Fernandez de Cordoba and Valcarcel. Oil on canvas. Spanish School, 19th century.
Unframed canvas. Damaged. Requires restoration.
Full-length portrait of a male figure set in an interior decorated with carpets, a gilded wooden chest of drawers with a Rococo influence, a relief on the wall, mouldings, an inkwell, maps, books, a writing desk, etc. To the left, next to a curtain, the composition opens onto a window that reveals a building. The man, in military uniform, holds a sword in one hand and a bicorne hat in the other, while looking straight at the viewer. Fernando Fernández de Córdova y Valcárcel (Buenos Aires, 2 September 1809 – Madrid, 30 October 1883), 2nd Marquis of Mendigorría, was a Spanish military man, son of the frigate captain of the Royal Navy José María Fernández de Córdova y Rojas and María de la Paz Rodríguez de Valcárcel y O'Conrry, 1st Marchioness of Mendigorría. He fought with his brother Luis in the First Carlist War. He belonged to the Moderate Party and later to the Democratic-Radical Party. He was President of the Government for a single day. He was a senator for life from 1847 to 1868 and for the province of Soria from 1871 to 1873, during the reign of Amadeo of Savoy. In the portrait it is possible to clearly see his decorations, located on the left side of his chest. Starting from the top: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III (established by this monarch in 1771); on the left, that of Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of...
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Paintings
Materials
Other
Birds. Framed watercolor. 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Birds. Framed watercolor. 20th century.
Watercolor showing two birds, perhaps thrushes, perched on the branch of a flowering tree, with no backgroun...
Category
20th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Portraits of the monarchs Louis XIII and Anne-Marie of Austria as hunters.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portraits of the monarchs Louis XIII and Anne-Marie of Austria as hunters. Oil on canvas. Possibly Madrid school, 17th century.
Pair of full-length portraits showing the characters against natural backgrounds, with landscapes with mountains in the distance and trees. The male character, who looks directly at the viewer, has dark hair and a fine moustache, and is dressed in a ruff, a doublet, leather gloves, a blued breastplate with gold details, breeches, white silk stockings and cavalier boots. The lady, who modestly lowers her gaze, has her head partially covered with a hat decorated with a brooch and white feathers; she is dressed in a ruff and a dress with a wide-skirted doublet and skirt, wide-mouthed gloves and a short cloak with a decorated edge gathered around the left arm and placed over the right side of the skirt. Alongside these “hunting” dresses, they appear carrying firearms and accompanied by large dogs. The king's dog is standing alertly, turning his head to one side. The queen's dog is sitting looking at her, with a collar and a rope that she holds in her left hand. The male subject is clearly the French King Louis XIII (Fontainebleau, 1601-Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1643), monarch of France and Navarre (1610-1643), son of Henry IV of France and Marie de Médicis and father of Louis XIV of France. Compare with other portraits: by Rubens, painted around 1622-1625 at the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, California, USA); by Philippe de Champaigne, painted in 1635 and kept at the Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain); the painting by Frans Pourbus the Younger from the 1920s at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Chambéry (France); etc. Louis XIII married Anne of Austria, daughter of Philip III of Spain, in 1615. This was brought about by the marriage agreement of Fountainebleau (1611), which stipulated the future wedding of the Prince of Asturias, Philip IV, with the French princess Isabella of Bourbon, and that of the French monarch with Anne. Anne Maria Mauricia of Austria and Austria-Styria (Valladolid, 1601-Paris, 1666) was an Infanta of Spain and Portugal as the daughter of Philip III of Spain and Margaret of...
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings
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Other
Landscape. Oil on canvas. FRAU, José (Spain, 1898- 1976).
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape. Oil on canvas. FRAU, José (Spain, 1898- 1976).
Signed (lower right area).
José María Isidro Frau y Ruiz (Vigo, May 15, 1898-Madrid, March 24, 1976) was a Spanish painter...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Other
Cockatoo. Framed watercolour. 20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Cockatoo. Framed watercolour. 20th century.
Watercolour showing a cockatoo (possibly sulphurous) perched on a stone bench and picking a cherry with ...
Category
20th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Other
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...
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20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
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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...
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Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Paintings
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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...
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Antique 17th Century European Baroque Paintings
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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...
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Antique 16th Century Belgian Renaissance Paintings
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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...
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20th Century European Other Paintings
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Paintings
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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...
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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...
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Vintage 1940s Spanish Other Paintings
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
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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...
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Antique Mid-19th Century South American Neoclassical Revival Paintings
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Other
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...
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20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
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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 ...
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Antique 19th Century European Other Paintings
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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 ...
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Paintings
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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...
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings
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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...
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20th Century European Other Paintings
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Other
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 ...
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20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
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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...
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20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
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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 ...
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20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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...
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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...
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Antique 18th Century European Neoclassical Paintings
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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...
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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 ...
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Vintage 1930s Spanish Other Paintings
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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...
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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...
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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings
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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...
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20th Century Spanish Other Paintings
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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...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Other Paintings
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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...
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Early 20th Century European Other Paintings
Materials
Wood
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Circle of Van De Kasteele, Frans
By Francesco da Castello
Located in Madrid, ES
Circle of VAN DE KASTEELE, Frans (Brussels, c. 1541 – Italy, 1621). "Virgin with angels and saints". Oil on copper. Curly frame in ebony.
Devotiona...
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Antique Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
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Copper
