Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries

by Jonathan Brown, Richard G. Mann

Overview

Among the Spanish paintings in the collection of the National Gallery of Art are important works by El Greco, Goya, Velázquez, Murillo, Valdés Leal, and Juan van der Hamen y León. The catalogue contains the most comprehensive entries to date on all works in the National Gallery of Art: a biographical outline of the artists; a description and new observations of the physical condition of each painting; critical discussions of such matters as attribution, chronology; identification of subject matter or sitter; and a summary of previous scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521401074
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	01/21/1990
Series:	National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogues , #2
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.50(h) x 2.70(d)

Editorial Reviews

A detailed description and analysis of the 33 paintings that comprise the National Gallery's Spanish collection which, though small in size, includes superb examples the Spanish masters, among them seven portraits by Goya, seven paintings by el Greco, and works by Velazquez and Murillo. With 26 color illustrations, and 45 in b&w. (A cloth- bound edition is available from Cambridge U. Press for those willing to spend an additional $55.) Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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