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Jun 16 2011
Allegory of Water
Baroque / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Allegory of Water” of about 1700 by Jeronimo Ezquerra. This Baroque masterpiece was created by the artist when he was about forty years old. He was court painter to Philip V and also was a highly respected art appraiser. This work was one of four allegories of the elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water, for Palacio del Buen Retiro. The artist died in 1733. This work is 160 cm wide and 248 cm high and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
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Jun 12 2011
View of the Forum of Rome, 1732
Academician / Greco-Roman / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “View of the Forum of Rome” of 1732 by Francesco Sabatini. This masterpiece is gouache on cardboard and signed in the lower right corner. It appears to be the very early work of Frncesco Sabatini who was born in Palermo, Sicily and studied architecture in Rome. In 1752 he participated in the construction of the Caserta Palace for the king of Naples and when he became King Charles III of Spain eight years later, Sabatini was called to Madrid. Royal patronage gained him entrance into the Academia Real de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and appointment as Great Master of Royal Works. He designed and built many building during his long career which ended only in his death I 1792 in Madrid. This work is 47 cm wide and 34 cm high.
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Jun 2 2011
Perros y útiles de caza
Academician / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Dogs and Supplies of the Hunt”, or “Dogs on a Leash” of 1775 by Francisco Goya. The painting was a study for a tapestry commissioned by Charles de Bourgon, the Prince of Asturias and heir to the Spanish kingdom. It was designed for a cornice in the Escorial. Goya was twenty-nine when he completed this work having begun his apprenticeship as a painter when he was fourteen. He moved to Madrid to study under Mengs but clashed with his teacher. His submissions to the Royal Academy of Fine Art in 1763 and 1766 were denied. He moved to Rome where he gained some success and returned to Zaragoza where he was commissioned to complete several church frescoes. This work is 174 cm wide and 112 cm high and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
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May 10 2011
Cincinnatus Abandons the Plow
Academician / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of ” Cincinato abandona el arado para dictar leyes a Roma ” by Juan Antonio Ribera of 1806. This is a pivotal scene from the history of the early Roman Republic. At the urging of his countrymen during an existential crisis, Cincinnatus unwillingly abandons his simple farm to take up command of the Roman Republic. The constitution of the early democracy had a provision for one man to take total control of the state and this burden Cincinnatus took up. Ribera was twenty-seven when he produced this masterpiece which is a fine example of his Neoclassical style. He studied in Paris under David and in 1811 became court painter to the exiled Charles IV of Spain. He continued as court painter under Ferdinand VII and Isabella II and directed what became the Museo del Prado for three years before his death in Madrid in 1860.
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May 7 2011
Tres de Mayo, 1815
Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Los fusilamientos del tres de mayo” by Francisco Goya of 1815. Goya was commemorating the Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s French forces of occupation in 1808. It was commissioned by the provisional Spanish government at the suggestion of the artist. This painting has gained iconic status as a powerful image of the horrors of war, particularly warfare directed against defenseless civilians. Because it breaks so profoundly from the conventions of the past, it has often been claimed to be the first painting of the modern era. The original of this masterpiece is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid and is 347 cm wide and 268cm high.
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Apr 20 2011
The Dream of Solomon by Luca Giordano
Baroque / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Dream of Solomon” by Luca Giordano of about 1693. The painting is a depiction of the passage from the Bible, II Kings 3:5-15, in which God appeared to the young king. In the dream God asks Solomon what gift he wanted and Solomon responded that he wanted understanding so that he could properly judge the people. The Neapolitan Giordano produced this painting in Spain when he was about fifty-nine years old. He had just entered the service of the Spanish king. He became wealthy in that service and returned to Naples in 1702 where he died three years later. The original painting is 361 cm wide and 245 cm high and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
Feb 15 2011
The Forge, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, ca. 1817
Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Forge” by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, created between 1815 and 1820. This dramatic work can be seen as a glorification of the harsh work of pre-industrial workers. The pervasive darkness, vigorous brushstrokes and monumental size gives an unusual dignity to the back-breaking labor and is reminiscent of the depiction of the mythological forge of Hephaistos. This stark depiction has little distraction from the coordinated work of the blacksmiths. This masterpiece is in the Frick Collection, New York City.
Jan 8 2011
Academic Study from Life by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 1887
Academician / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Joaquin Sorolla’s Academic Study from Life of 1887. In Spanish the title is Academia del natural. It is currently in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia en su Historia. Sorolla was born in Valencia in 1863. Orphaned at the age of two, he began studying painting in 1877 and went to Madrid four years later to study in the Museo del Prado. In 1885 he moved to Rome and Paris. He returned to Spain in 1890 and within three years was the acknowledged leader of the Spanish modern movement. He maintained that position with prodigious creativity until he suffered a stroke in 1920. He died three years later.
Dec 24 2010
Forge of Vulcan, Diego Velazquez, 1630
Baroque / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece was created in 1630, the work of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez. The Spanish master artist died in 1660 in Madrid when he was sixty-one years old. This work is now displayed in the Museo de Prado in Madrid.
Dec 8 2010
Saint Sebastian, El Greco, 1580
Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This wonderful work by the Greco-Spanish artist whose real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos de Candia. It was created in about 1580 and is a depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, a favorite subject of Christian artists throughout the ages. The original is in the Sacristy of the Cathedral of Palencia, Spain.
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