Art from 1600 to 1850

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01A 1618 Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the Young Saint John - Peter Paul Rubens - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
01B 1618 Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the Young Saint John - detail - Peter Paul Rubens - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
02A 1619 Saint Paul - Diego Velazquez - the saint is seated, wearing a tunic and is covered with a thick blanket - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
02B 1619 Saint Paul - Diego Velazquez - detail his hair is dark, with a grey beard, and his face has deep wrinkles - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
03A 1620 Lady Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel - Peter Paul Rubens - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
03B 1620 Lady Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel - Peter Paul Rubens - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
03C 1620 Lady Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel - Peter Paul Rubens - detail necklace and hands - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
04A 1623 Saint Roch as Patron Saint of the Plague - Peter Paul Rubens - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
04B 1623 Saint Roch as Patron Saint of the Plague - Rubens - detail Christ points to the golden inscription Thou shalt be the patron in the plague - Museu Nacional Barcelona Spain
04C 1623 Saint Roch as Patron Saint of the Plague - Rubens - detail lower group sees the miracle above and are hopeful of recovery - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
05A 1632 Immaculate Conception - Francisco de Zurbaran - represents Mary as the only mortal being free of original sin - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
05B 1632 Immaculate Conception - Francisco de Zurbaran - detail She is wearing a necklace and angels with lilies and roses - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
05C 1632 Immaculate Conception - Francisco de Zurbaran - detail five cherubim occupying a half moon and two collegiates - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
06A 1644 Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew - Ribera - He looks at us helplessly, while a sadistic drunken executioner flays him - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
06B 1644 Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew - Ribera - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
06C 1644 Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew - Ribera - detail Bartholomew looks at us helplessly - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
07A 1650-60 Still Life with Four Vessels - Francisco de Zurbaran - A series of vessels of metal and pottery are lined up on a shelf - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
07B 1650-60 Still Life with Four Vessels - Francisco de Zurbaran - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
08A 1745-50 Return of Il Bucintoro on Ascension Day - Canaletto - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
08B 1745-50 Return of Il Bucintoro on Ascension Day - Canaletto - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
09A 1750s Lady Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer - Thomas Gainsborough - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
09B 1750s Lady Georgiana Poyntz, Countess Spencer - Thomas Gainsborough - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
10A 1756 The Minuet - Tiepolo - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
10B 1756 The Minuet - Tiepolo - detail Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
11A 1769 Jean-Claude Richard, Abbot of Saint-Non, Dressed a l Espagnole - Jean-Honore Fragonard - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
11B 1769 Jean-Claude Richard, Abbot of Saint-Non, Dressed a l Espagnole - Jean-Honore Fragonard - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
12A 1798-1805 Allegory of Love, Cupid and Psyche - Francisco de Goya - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
12B 1798-1805 Allegory of Love, Cupid and Psyche - Francisco de Goya - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
13A 1815 Manuel Quijano - Francisco de Goya - Quijano was a composer and theatre director - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
13B 1815 Manuel Quijano - Francisco de Goya - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
14A 1849-50 The Second Month (Kisaragi) Annual Events for Young Murasaki - Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain
14B 1849-50 The Second Month (Kisaragi) Annual Events for Young Murasaki - Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - detail - Museu Nacional Art de Catalunya Barcelona Spain