Table lectern for the Convent of The Trinitarios Order (Toledo). Juan Ruiz, 1656

Pair of easels in the shape of an eagle. Bronze, iron. 16th-17th century. Rear supports. Pair of lecterns with tripod-shaped bases, claw-shaped legs with spheres, and a triangular part from which three baluster-shaped legs emerge, with elements in light tones that join at the top of this piece , leaving a vegetal form towards the lower area. The finials are two eagles on spheres, each looking to the side with its head tilted upwards, and situated with its wings half spread; the back is smooth, without the details of the feathers, eyes, beak and claws that do show in the front. The eagles could be from the Spanish school or from the Netherlands, dating from the 16th-17th centuries, while the bases are from the 20th century. It seems that, at least in Spain, the spread of tall lecterns...

Altarpiece. Wood carved and gilded. Baroque, towards the second half of the 17th century. The Solomonic column was an element already known in the Renaissance (and before) that was popularized in art, in large part, thanks to the Baldachin of St. Peter's Basilica of the Vatican by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1624-1633), where he presented branches. In Spain, this type can already be seen in the Silver Tabernacle of the Cathedral of Seville (Juan de Alfaro, 15931596), used in altarpieces from the 1620s; nevertheless, the apogee of the Solomonic column will come from the hand of José Benito de Churriguera, whose altarpieces have an extraordinary importance since the second half of the 17th century and already at the beginning of the 18th century (note similarities and differences between the present altarpiece and that of the Convent of San Esteban...

Devotional plaque, Adoration of the Three Wise Men. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century. Rectangular devotional plaque made of bronze, which presents the scene of the Birth of Jesu...

Spanish Baroque sculpture is one of the most authentic and personal examples of our art, because its conception and its form of expression arose from the people and from the deepest ...

Engine order telegraph. Fenya, Fabricaciones Eléctricas, Navales y Artilleras, S.A., El Ferrol, Spain. Ca. Mid 20th century. Metal, glass, carved wooden base. Electric control bridge...

The bearded male figure appears with the angel, showing the wound or plague on his leg, with the hat and the pilgrim's cloak and the dog with the loaf of bread placed under one of his feet in a quite unusual way. All these attributes help to identify the image: Saint Roch (San Roque...

Beautiful Infant Christ 17th Century Attributed to Martínez Montañes Made in Polychrome and Lead with slip, The Child naked, blessing in a naturalistic attitude, spreading throughou...

Antique print titled 'Hospitalier du Saint-Esprit'. Print of a Hospitaler of the Order of the Holy Ghost, Hospitallers of the Holy Spirit, Roman Catholic order. This print origin...

Scale model of the Spanish navy training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano. Model is Circa 1940 and has cracking paint. Rigged with a full suit of sails that are aged and stained. Distre...

Antique print titled 'Couvent de Talapoins - Pierres en forme de Mitre - Parasols d'Honneur'. Talapoin is a 16th-century French word for a Buddhist monk, from Portuguese talapão,...

Antique print titled 'Couvent de Talapoins - Pierres en forme de Mitre - Parasols d'Honneur'. This plate shows a convent of the Buddhist Talapoins, mitre schaped stones found next to...

Antique print titled 'Conceptionniste'. Print of a Nun of the Order of the Immaculate Conception. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'. Artists a...