Juan de Valdés Leal - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:40:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Juan de Valdés Leal - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Museum of Fine Arts of Seville https://historylab.es/museum-of-fine-arts-of-seville/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=museum-of-fine-arts-of-seville Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:41 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/museo-de-bellas-artes-de-sevilla/ Virtual visit to the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville

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]]> The Seville Museum of Fine Arts was founded as the “Museum of Paintings” by Royal Decree on 16 September 1835, with works from convents and monasteries confiscated by the liberal government of Mendizábal. This art gallery is considered to be one of the most important in Spain and through this interactive virtual tour we can easily and quickly access a large part of its permanent exhibitions of religious-themed paintings, mostly belonging to the Baroque style. It also has important works by Francisco Pacheco, Zurbarán and Murillo.
The building where the museum is located dates back to the beginning of the 17th century, built on the ancient remains of a Mudejar building, the design of which is attributed to the architect Juan de Oviedo.

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]]> Masters of the Baroque https://historylab.es/masters-of-the-baroque/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=masters-of-the-baroque Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:41 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/maestros-del-barroco/ Digital presentation of the masters of the Baroque at the Seville Museum of Fine Arts

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]]> The Seville Museum of Fine Arts was founded as the “Museum of Paintings” by Royal Decree on 16 September 1835, with works from convents and monasteries confiscated by the liberal government of Mendizábal. This art gallery is considered one of the most important in Spain and through this interactive virtual tour we can access in a comfortable and quick way to a large part of its permanent exhibitions on religious-themed paintings, mostly belonging to the Baroque style as a concept of life and at the same time expression of art. The following resource provides a digital presentation of the Baroque masters, highlighting well-known works by Francisco Pacheco, Zurbarán and Murillo.

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