Retrato - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:21:59 +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 Retrato - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 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

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]]> 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

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]]> 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

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]]> 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)

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]]> 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

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]]> 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.

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]]> Inocencio X https://historylab.es/inocencio-x/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inocencio-x Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/inocencio-x/ Political history, Cultural history

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]]> Velázquez’s masterpiece, executed during his second trip to Rome. His fame led to his being commissioned to paint this portrait of the Pope, which, being so realistic, displeased the pontiff. It is interesting for understanding the artistic influences between Italy, Spain and Flanders, as well as the diplomacy and exchanges between the main European courts. Portraits such as this one have also left a lasting impression on artists of the 19th and 20th centuries (Impressionists, Picasso, Bacon)

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]]> The Dukes of Urbino, Federico de Montefeltro and Battista Sforza https://historylab.es/the-dukes-of-urbino-federico-de-montefeltro-and-battista-sforza/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dukes-of-urbino-federico-de-montefeltro-and-battista-sforza Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/los-duques-de-urbino-federico-de-montefeltro-y-battista-sforza/ Political history

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]]> Painting by Piero della Francesca, one of the most important artists of the Quattrocento. It depicts a double portrait of the Dukes of Urbino, thus the dynastic union between the Montefeltro and Sforza (Milanese) families, two of the most important princely dynasties of Renaissance Italy. Its small size suggests that it was intended for private use

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]]> Eleanor of Toledo with her son Juan de Medici https://historylab.es/eleanor-of-toledo-with-her-son-juan-de-medici/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eleanor-of-toledo-with-her-son-juan-de-medici Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/leonor-de-toledo-con-su-hijo-juan-de-medici/ Political history

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]]> Portrait by Bronzino, court painter to Cosimo I de Medici and representative of Mannerism. The Duke’s wife and one of his sons are depicted in rich clothes. She was the daughter of the Viceroy of Naples Pedro de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca. Their marriage sealed the Florentine alliance with the Spanish Monarchy

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]]> Gabriel de la Cueva, Duke of Alburquerque https://historylab.es/gabriel-de-la-cueva-duke-of-alburquerque/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gabriel-de-la-cueva-duke-of-alburquerque Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/gabriel-de-la-cueva-duque-de-alburquerque/ Political history, power elites

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]]> Portrait of the Spanish aristocrat who was governor of Milan and viceroy of Navarre. Moroni was one of the great portraitists of the Renaissance, working in northern Italy and painting mainly members of the gentry and nobility rather than sovereigns or princes. The duke leans on a stone with the following inscription: Here this without fear and of death I have not dreaded

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]]> The gypsy https://historylab.es/the-gypsy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-gypsy Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-gitana/ Social history

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]]> Portrait by the Dutchman Frans Hals, who spent his career in Haarlem. She looks more like a courtesan than a gypsy. It reflects the Dutch taste for depicting popular types and domestic scenes

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]]> The lousy https://historylab.es/the-lousy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lousy Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-piojoso/ Social history

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]]> Portrait by Murillo, who, in addition to his great religious compositions, was famous for his popular figures from the streets of Seville. This miserable face of the Golden Age, treated with dramatic light and shade, fascinated 19th-century French Impressionist painters. It is a source, in turn, of the poverty of the cities and the roguish youngsters so often portrayed in literature.

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]]> Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino https://historylab.es/fray-hortensio-felix-paravicino/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fray-hortensio-felix-paravicino Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/fray-hortensio-felix-paravicino/ Power elites

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]]> Seated portrait by El Greco showing a Trinitarian friar wearing shoes, well known for his intellectual gifts. This is reflected in the books he holds. It is an example of the sales of Spanish art made at the beginning of the 20th century, destined for North American collections.

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