Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828), The Duchess of Alba, 1796-1797, oil on canvas, 210.2 cm x 149.2 cm. Courtesy of The Hispanic Society of America, New York.  CINCINNATI, OH.- Treasures of the Spanish World explores the visual cultures of Spain and Latin America across 4,000 years, through some of the finest artworks from the Iberian Peninsula and Spanish America. The exhibition, organized in partnership with the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, is being presented at the Cincinnati Art... [Lire la suite]

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867). Study for "Raphael and the Fornarina" (detail), ca. 1814. Graphite on white wove paper, 10 x 7 3/4 in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.646) Leonardo to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning October 4, presents 60 masterpieces of European drawing spanning the Renaissance to the Modern age. It is the first presentation to highlight the... [Lire la suite]

Agustín Esteve [1753–post. 1820], Manuela Isidra Téllez-Girón, future Duchess of Abrantes, 1797. Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 86 cm. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado. Adquirido con fondos de la Donación Óscar Alzaga Villaamil MADRID.- The recent addition to the Museum’s collection of Portrait of Manuela Isidra Téllez-Girón, future Duchess of Abrantes by Augustín Esteve y Marqués, acquired with funds from the Óscar Alzaga Villaamil donation, will allow for greater knowledge of this interesting painter who was in his day considered... [Lire la suite]

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Maja and Procuress on the Balcony, 1808-1812 © Collection Alicia Koplowitz - Grupo Omega Capital. BILBAO.- Over the past few decades the Alicia Koplowitz – Grupo Omega Capital Collection has become one of the most important art collections in Europe. Despite this, it has remained largely unknown with the exception of the recent display of around 50 works at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris. The exhibition at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum is an artistic event of the... [Lire la suite]

MADRID - Opening in February at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is Masterworks from Budapest. From the Renaissance to the Avant-Garde, an exhibition which, for the first time in Spain, presents an important selection of paintings, drawings and sculptures from the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest and the Hungarian National Gallery. In total the exhibition features 90 works from the 15th to the 19th centuries representing artistic schools such as the Italian, German, Flemish and Spanish and including great names... [Lire la suite]

Francisco de Zurbarán, Vierge à l’Enfant avec saint Jean-Baptiste - © Collection Alicia Koplowitz - Grupo Omega Capital Ω PARIS - Alicia Koplowitz a réuni, via le Grupo Omega Capital Ω une collection à son image, qui rassemble un nombre important d’oeuvres maîtresses des plus grands artistes. Les maîtres anciens et modernes s’y côtoient dans un passionnant dialogue à travers les siècles : les sculptures antiques et les tableaux de Zurbarán, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Guardi et Goya voisinent avec les... [Lire la suite]

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux), Portrait of Don Pedro Gil de Tejada. Oil on canvas, 112 x 84 cm. Stair Sainty Gallery © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016 Provenance: Pedro de Alcántara Tellez-Girón y Pacheco, IX Duque de Osuna (d. 1807); Francisco de Borja Tellez-Girón y Pimentel, X Duque de Osuna (1820); Pedro de Alcántara Telelz-Girón y Beaufort-Spontin, XI Duque de Osuna, XIV Duque de Infantado, XVI Marques de Santillana, Conde de Ampudia (1844); Mariano Tellez-Girón y... [Lire la suite]

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640). Double Portrait of Charles V and Empress Isabella, ca. 1628. Oil on canvas, 44 15/16 x 65 1/2 in. Dukes of Alba Collection, Liria Palace, Madrid.  NASHVILLE, TN.- Featuring works by Dürer, Goya, Murillo, Ribera, Rubens, and more from the splendid palaces of the Alba dynasty in Spain, Treasures from the House of Alba: 500 Years of Art and Collecting will make its second and final stop in the U.S. at Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts from February 5 through... [Lire la suite]

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Duchess of Alba in White Duchess, 1795. Oil on canvas, 76.5" x 51.25" inches. 194cm x 130cm. NASHVILLE, TENN.- From Francisco Goya’s Duchess of Alba in White to a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts’ 2016 lineup of exhibitions offers a remarkable variety of artistic media and periods. The year begins with European Old Masters, including Fra Angelico, Goya, Murillo and Rubens, from an illustrious Spanish private collection in Treasures from the House of Alba: 500... [Lire la suite]

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Two Groups of Picadors Overrun Consecutively by a Single Bull, 1814-16. Red chalk and red-ink wash on laid paper. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett (38541). Photo by Christoph Irrgang  DALLAS (SMU) – This summer, the Meadows Museum will present the first large-scale exhibition of drawings from the Kupferstichkabinett at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, one of the most significant collections of Spanish drawings in the world. The Spanish Gesture: Drawings from Murillo to Goya in the... [Lire la suite]