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The experts characterised the painting as an outstanding masterpiece referred to as among the best lots in the auction. Specifically, Joanna Vickery, director of the Russian section at Sotheby's, said: "The Wrath Of The Seas deserves special attention: the painter did a great job depicting the outrage of nature with so much emotion and expression".
The squadron again moved to the Rio de la Plata in November 1867. [2] Navas de Tolosa later reconnoitered the Fernando de Noronha archipelago to see if enemy ships acquired in Europe were present there. [2] Navas de Tolosa departed Rio de Janeiro on 6 November 1868 to return to Spain and arrived at Cádiz on 15 December 1868. [2]
The painting avoids triumphalism and shows the suffering of war. In the right background Fadrique Álvarez beckons to an allegorical portrait of Philip III of Portugal trampling War, Wrath and Heresy and being crowned with laurels by Victoria and the Conde-Duque de Olivares. In front of the portrait are men celebrating the victory, but in the ...
The Chula series or Chula studies is a succession of paintings created by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna about the so-called "chulas" or working-class women of Madrid, Spain. [1] Luna is well known for illustrating "striking and commercially lucrative" [1] depictions of "women of the streets" of Madrid.
In 1560, Felipe de Guevara wrote about a pupil of Bosch, an unnamed discipulo (pupil), who was as good as his master and even signed his works with his master's name. [5] Immediately after this, and without starting a new paragraph, Guevara refers to the painting of the Seven Deadly Sins as characteristic of his style. This led some scholars ...
His son, Juan de la Abadía el Joven, worked with him after 1490. His known works include Santa Catalina (1490) in the church of la Magdalena de Huesca , now lost, the Saviour from the hermitage of Broto , now at the Museum of Zaragoza and the Santo Domingo in Almudévar (Huesca), after which he was known as the Maestro de Almudévar until ...
Dubbed the "holy grail" of shipwrecks, the San Jose was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the British navy near Cartagena in 1708. Only a handful of its 600-strong crew survived. Only ...
The Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga (Spanish: Fusilamiento de Torrijos y sus compañeros en las playas de Málaga), is a painting by Antonio Gisbert Pérez. It is considered to be one of the finest pieces of Spanish history painting , from the 19th century.