Pintura - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:21:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Pintura - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Francisco de Saavedra attributed to Goya https://historylab.es/francisco-de-saavedra-attributed-to-goya/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=francisco-de-saavedra-attributed-to-goya Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/francisco-de-saavedra-atribuido-a-goya/ Portrait of Francisco de Saavedra, attributed to Goya and painted at the end of the 18th century

The post Francisco de Saavedra attributed to Goya first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Francisco de Saavedra was an enlightened Sevillian who, after dedicating his life to a military career, reached the Court as a minister of Charles IV during a serious social situation that he tried to resolve through some of the institutions in Granada that he had come to know during his academic training at the Colegio del Sacro Monte. This is precisely where the work attributed to Francisco de Goya is kept, as when Francisco de Saavedra was appointed Minister of Finance in 1797 he immediately informed the College, which was great news.
So much so that on 12 December 1797 the rector himself ordered that he be congratulated and commissioned a painting to celebrate the appointment, to perpetuate his figure in order to motivate the rest of the students and as a source of propaganda for this Granada institution. It is a full-length representation of Saavedra, seated in a chair and dressed in the costume of a captain general.

The post Francisco de Saavedra attributed to Goya first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Summer https://historylab.es/summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/verano/ Cultural history

The post Summer first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a Lombard painter who worked at the Habsburg court in Vienna and Prague. His original portraits compose faces from fruit and objects, giving rise to cycles of the seasons

The post Summer first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Dánae, Titian https://historylab.es/danae-titian/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=danae-titian Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/danae-tiziano/ Cultural history

The post Dánae, Titian first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Titian executed the so-called Poesias, commissioned by Philip II. Several mythological scenes, with a deeply erotic content, which are now in various museums in Madrid, London, Edinburgh and Boston. The one in the Hermitage does not appear to be part of this cycle, but it is very similar, with other Danaes by Titian in London (Wellington Collection) and Naples (Museo di Capodimonte)

The post Dánae, Titian first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Still life of hunt, vegetables and fruits https://historylab.es/still-life-of-hunt-vegetables-and-fruits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=still-life-of-hunt-vegetables-and-fruits Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/bodegon-de-caza-hortaliza-y-frutas/ Cultural history

The post Still life of hunt, vegetables and fruits first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Sánchez Cotán was a Carthusian monk from Toledo. He is famous for his highly realistic still lifes, which represent one of the summits of this pictorial genre, at a time when other Spanish artists also cultivated it (Zurbarán, Labrador, Yepes…)

The post Still life of hunt, vegetables and fruits first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Our Lady of the Venerable Agnesius https://historylab.es/our-lady-of-the-venerable-agnesius/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-lady-of-the-venerable-agnesius Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/virgen-del-venerable-agnesio/ History of mentalities

The post Our Lady of the Venerable Agnesius first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Juan de Juanes, a major figure of the Valencian Renaissance, was noted for his religious scenes and portraits. In this work he combines both genres. The Venerable Agnesio places the ring on Saint Agnes, in a kind of Mystical Nuptials. The centre of the picture is occupied by the Virgin and Child, surrounded by the Infant Saint John the Baptist, angels, Saints Dorothea and Theophilus. In the background, in a magnificent landscape, we can make out the figure of St George on horseback, slaying the dragon. It is a kind of Italian Sacra Conversazione, full of symbolism and great attention to detail.

The post Our Lady of the Venerable Agnesius first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Embrace of St. Francis of Assisi to the Crucified One https://historylab.es/embrace-of-st-francis-of-assisi-to-the-crucified-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embrace-of-st-francis-of-assisi-to-the-crucified-one Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/abrazo-de-san-francisco-de-asis-al-crucificado/ History of mentalities

The post Embrace of St. Francis of Assisi to the Crucified One first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Francisco Ribalta was one of the masters of the early Spanish Baroque. He was active in Valencia and was noted for his religious paintings of great mystical importance. This work is an altar painting from a disentailed Capuchin convent in Valencia. And how the exclaustrations led to the dispersion of works of art in public museums and private collections, shaped by the inheritance of the rich conventual legacy

The post Embrace of St. Francis of Assisi to the Crucified One first appeared on History Lab.

]]> The Virgin and Child with the Infant Jesus and Saint John the Baptist Child, Zurbarán https://historylab.es/the-virgin-and-child-with-the-infant-jesus-and-saint-john-the-baptist-child-zurbaran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-virgin-and-child-with-the-infant-jesus-and-saint-john-the-baptist-child-zurbaran Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-virgen-con-el-nino-jesus-y-san-juan-bautista-nino-zurbaran/ History of mentalities

The post The Virgin and Child with the Infant Jesus and Saint John the Baptist Child, Zurbarán first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Zurbarán was one of the great painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He specialised in religious themes and monastic cycles. In this work he shows Mary and Jesus with Saint John in a domestic setting. His mastery in the use of colour and the folds of the drapery is outstanding

The post The Virgin and Child with the Infant Jesus and Saint John the Baptist Child, Zurbarán first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Young woman playing the virginal https://historylab.es/young-woman-playing-the-virginal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=young-woman-playing-the-virginal Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mujer-joven-tocando-el-virginal/ Cultural history

The post Young woman playing the virginal first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter of little known production. His works are generally small in size and intimate in atmosphere. He stands out for his mastery in the use of light and the realism in the details of these interiors (characters, furniture, clothing)

The post Young woman playing the virginal first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Portrait of a gentleman https://historylab.es/portrait-of-a-gentleman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portrait-of-a-gentleman Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/retrato-de-gentilhombre/ Power elites

The post Portrait of a gentleman first appeared on History Lab.

]]> Portrait of Mercurio Bua, Cypriot count, who was condotiero of the Republic of Venice. It is by Lorenzo Lotto, one of the most original artists of the Italian Renaissance, known for his portraits.

The post Portrait of a gentleman first appeared on History Lab.

]]> The concert (The theft of the amulet) https://historylab.es/the-concert-the-theft-of-the-amulet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-concert-the-theft-of-the-amulet Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-concierto-el-robo-del-amuleto/ Cultural history

The post The concert (The theft of the amulet) first appeared on History Lab.

]]> A work by Gherardo delle Notti (Gerrit van Honthorst), a Dutch Caravaggesque painter who specialised in nocturnal scenes. It is a scene of vanity, due to the fleetingness of time that is the pleasure of music. But it has a second reading, the theft of the singer’s amulet by the other three characters.

The post The concert (The theft of the amulet) first appeared on History Lab.

]]>