Everyday life, celebrations and religious festivities. The image shows a Tarasca for the Corpus Christi procession of 1744 in Madrid
Everyday life, celebrations and religious festivities. The image shows a Tarasca for the Corpus Christi procession of 1744 in Madrid
Photograph of the work by Antonio Gisbert Pérez, entitled “Execution of the Comuneros de Castilla”, depicting the execution of some of the Comuneros in 1521
Festivities organised for the wedding of the kings of the Two Sicilies: Charles of Bourbon and Maria Amelia Cristina, with a bullfight at the Maestranza. Seville (1738).
A group of peasants engaged in rural activities in early modern Europe
Royal portraits. Image of King Philip II on horseback, by Pedro Pablo Rubens.
Different groups of farmers, represented by Fiammingo, are engaged in summer farming activities such as mowing or shearing cattle
Maps and plans. The image depicts a portulan chart covering the Mediterranean and the European Atlantic.
Representation of 16th-century Seville from the west side of the Guadalquivir River
Image of a five-panelled folding screen depicting the Palace of the Viceroys in Mexico before it burned down in the turmoil of 1692.
Image representing the retinue formed by the emperor Montezuma and his nobles, organised to meet Hernán Cortés and receive him on his entry into the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlán.