The portrait appears to be a copy of a lost portrait. It looks quite like another in the Vatican Gallery. These seem to be identified as Niccolo Marcello on the basis of its resemblence, not actually very close, to a medal in which he is named on the in ...
This portrait was formerly attributed to Velázquez, who is named in the inscription as painter to King Philip IV of Spain. However, it is close in style to Mazo & may either be a copy by him after a lost original by Velázquez, or, more probably, an independent work bearing a misleading signature. It is likely the portrait was executed shortly after 1647 since it shows the sitter wearing the Knight's badge of the Order of Santiago, which he was awarded that year. ...
The present portrait is almost certainly identical with the one of Don Andrés del Peral which was chosen by Goya for exhibition at the Real Academica de San Fernando in the summer of 1798. Andrés del Peral worked as a craftsman-painter & gilder at the court of Madrid from the late 1770s to the early 1820s. He is the man of the same name who is recorded as having formed a large collection of small paintings by Goya. ...
On the wings, the donor & donatrix have unidentified coats of arms, partly rubbed out, with the letters W B associated with the donor. In the background of the wings: left, the Way to Calvary, right the Resurrection. ...
The peepshow is a rectangular box; the interior is painted on three sides, as well as on the top & bottom. The sixth side is open; originally light would have entered the box from this side, perhaps through specially treated paper stretched across it. T ...
Silenus was the teacher & companion of Bacchus, the god of wine; he is often shown supported by satyrs because of his age & drunken condition. At the lower right two putti offer him grapes, while above them an old Bacchante carries a torch. On the lef ...
There was a duck pond near the artist's home at Voorburg, where he drew & painted the birds in oil & watercolour. The impression is of a Winter or early Spring scene. There is a mass of sparse foliage around the branches, suggesting early growth. The m ...
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Donor: Left Hand Shutter Print
On the wings, the donor and donatrix have unidentified coats of arms, partly rubbed out, with the letters 'W B' associated with the donor. In the background of the wings: left, the Way to Calvary, right the Resurrection.
On the wings, the donor & donatrix have unidentified coats of arms, partly rubbed out, with the letters 'W B' associated with the donor. In the background of the wings: left, the Way to Calvary, right the Resurrection.
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