Juan Pantoja de la Cruz

“A good fashion designer must be an architect for the patterns, a sculptor for the shape, a painter for the designs, a musician for the harmony and a philosopher for the fit.” (Cristóbal Balenciaga) MADRID - This summer, 2019, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza will be presenting an exhibition that connects the work of Cristóbal Balenciaga, the most admired and influential fashion designer of all times, to the tradition of Spanish painting of the 16th to the 20th centuries. This is the first... [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]

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]

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Queen Elizabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II, 1605, oil on canvas, 120.1 × 84 cm (47.3 × 33.1 in). P01030. © 2016. Museo Nacional del Prado.  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Queen Elizabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II, detail, 1605. © 2016. Museo Nacional del Prado. 

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Portrait of Anna of Austria (1549–1580), Queen of Spain, second half of 16th century. Oil. Nelahozeves Castle, Czech Republic.

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Queen Elizabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II, 1605, oil on canvas, 120.1 × 84 cm (47.3 × 33.1 in). Prado Museum Isabel de Valois was the daughter of King Henri II of France and Catharine of Medici. Born in 1546, she married Felipe II in 1559, helping to consolidate the peace process between Spain and France. She was probably the Spanish Monarch's closest wife and she played a political role during her reign. She was the mother of the infantas Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela,... [Lire la suite]

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Portrait of Diego de Villamayor, 1605, oil on canvas. Height: 89 cm (35 in). Width: 71 cm (28 in). Hermitage museum, Saint Petersburg.

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Portrait of Felipe Manuel, Prince of Savoya (1586-1605), circa 1604, oil on canvas. Height: 111.5 cm (43.9 in). Width: 89.5 cm (35.2 in). Bilbao Fine Arts museum. Son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (daughter of Philip II). The artist represents the prince as the heir to the throne in Savoya wearing an armor of Lombard origin and the necklace of the Annunziata Order, the highest order of the Kingdom of Savoya.

Portrait of Charles V in Armor , Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608). 1608. Oil on canvas; 181.5 x 96 cm. Signed: “Jues Pantoja de la + eius traductor 1608”. Patrimonio Nacional. El Escorial, Real Monasterio de San LorenzoArmor from the Mühlberg garniture of Emperor Charles V , Desiderius Helmschmid (doc. 1513-1579), Augsburg, 1544 MADRID.- 35 paintings will be seen alongside 31 full suits of armour and pieces of armour loaned from the Royal Armoury in Madrid, considered the finest collection in the world along with that of the... [Lire la suite]