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Allegory of Sight, 1617. First of a series on the      
five senses. Sight is illustrated by a collector's     
cabinet full of paintings and other works of art.      
The figures probably by Rubens.                        
Wood, 65 x 109 cm, Inv. 1394
#40050425

Allegory of Sight, 1617. First of a series on the five senses. Sight is il...

Las Meninas (the maids of honour).Velazquez (in a self-
portrait),paints the Spanish royal couple, Philip IV   
and his wife Mariana (visible in the mirror in back).  
Their only child,Margarita,is surrounded by maids of   
honour and court dwarfs.1656,canvas,318 x 276,Inv.1174
#40050440

Las Meninas (the maids of honour).Velazquez (in a self- portrait),paints the Spa...

The Tapestry Weavers or The Fable of Arachne. Interior 
of the tapestry workshop of Santa Isabel; also the     
story of Arachne in Ovid's Metamorphoses, where Minerva
competes with Arachne in weaving a tapestry.  1657     
Canvas, 220 x 289 cm       Inv.1173
#40050441

The Tapestry Weavers or The Fable of Arachne. Interior of the tapestry workshop...

Goya y Lucientes, self-portrait.                       
Oil on canvas (1815)                                   
46 x 35 cm                                             
Inv. 723
#40050450

Goya y Lucientes, self-portrait. Oil on canvas (1815)...

The clothed maja, around 1800                          
Oil on canvas, 95 x 190 cm                             
Inv. 741
#40050451

The clothed maja, around 1800 Oil on canvas, 95 x 190...

The nude maja, around 1800                             
Oil on canvas, 97 x 190 cm                             
Inv. 742
#40050452

The nude maja, around 1800 Oil on canvas, 97 x 190...

The Third of May. The execution of Spanish insurgents
by Napoleonic troops under General Murat, on Principe
Pio Hill, Madrid, May 3, 1808. Painted 1814
Oil on canvas, 266 x 345 cm
Inv. 749
Companion piece to 40-06-06/36
#40050453

The Third of May. The execution of Spanish insurgents by Napoleonic troops unde...

The parasol, cartoon for the tapestry of the           
dining room in the Prado Palace, 1777-78.              
Canvas, 104 x 152 cm                                   
Inv. 773
#40050454

The parasol, cartoon for the tapestry of the dining room in the Prado...

The pottery-mender, cartoon for tapestries             
for the Prado Palace, 1778-1780.                       
Canvas, 259 x 220 cm                                   
Inv. 780
#40050455

The pottery-mender, cartoon for tapestries for the Prado Palace, 17...

Saturn devouring one of his sons.                      
From the series of "Black paintings".                  
Oil on canvas (1819-1823)                              
146 x 83 cm                                            
Inv. 763
#40050456

Saturn devouring one of his sons. From the series of "Blac...

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his picture gallery in     
Brussels. Teniers was the Archhduke's court painter    
and director of his art collections. 1651. Among the   
paintings: top center Titian: Diana and Callisto,      
bottom r.:Raffael, Saint Margaret. Copper, 106x129 cm
#40050464

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his picture gallery in Brussels. Teniers was th...

Saint John Baptist and the Franciscan theologian       
Heinrich von Werl (left) and Saint Barbara (right).    
Both wings of an altar:Wood, 101 x 47 cm
#400506 2

Saint John Baptist and the Franciscan theologian Heinrich von Werl (left)...