Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Found in 334 Collections and/or Records:
A Humanist, Presumably a portrait of an intellectual from Utrecht painted in half-length view. He sits looking directly at the viewer. On his head he wears a beret. His left hand rests on a small brown dog that lies in front of him while his right hand points to a building in the background. This building may be alluding to the Tower of Babel, for which the supposed sitter wrote commentary on or it may simply be recalling a country or city to which the model traveled., c.1525
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0555; Public Notes: This painting was once a part of the M.A. Chiesa Collection as indicated in pencil below our photograph.
Abundance and the Four Elements, In this painting, Abundance stands in the center of the composition as she is crowned by two putti overhead. She is surrounded by the four elements., 1606
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1286; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Achilles Discovered by Ulysses and Diomedes, In this painting, we see Achilles standing in the center of the composition with his sword pulled back, revealing himself as a man and not the woman he's dressed as. Ulysses and Diomedes stand on the right while Deidamia, Achilles's love, stands in a white gown on the left., 1617-1618
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1048; Public Notes: This work was made by Van Dyck when he was a student of Rubens and was later completed by Rubens. Sir Dudley Carleton, an English collector, rejected the piece because it was not entirely done by Rubens's hand.
Adam and Eve, In this painting, Eve reaches to grab the forbidden fruit from the devil, who is half child and half serpent. Adam sits at the base of the tree of knowledge and tries to stop her. Behind Adam is a parrot perched on a limb symbolizing Good while a fox is at Eve's feet symbolizing Evil., 1628-1629
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1062; Public Notes: This painting is a copy of a painting made by Titian for Felipe II.
Adam and Eve, Painting depicts the Genesis story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In this scene the original couple stand in the garden before a tree, they are both nude with the exception of tree leaves and branches strategically placed. In the tree above them hosts the tempter in the form of a half child, half forked tail snake. Eve reaches up to grab the apple while Adam rests his hand on her chest., circa 1550
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TITI.0514; Public Notes:
Adoration of the Kings, Biblical scene depicting the visit of the magi to the holy family., 1612
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.LOMB.1510; Public Notes:
Adoration of the Magi, Scene depicting the Adoration of the Magi of the Christ Child. In the background is the city of Bethlehem., ca. 1510
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0031; Public Notes: This image is the central panel of a triptych. The side panels (not photographed) depict the patrons and their patron saints.
Adoration of the Magi, This painting depicts the Holy Family in the left of the composition standing underneath a classical column. Kings, bearing gifts, gather around the infant Christ. Two Titian-like angels fly overhead and the artist himself is visible in the right of the composition riding horseback., 1609-1628
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0959; Public Notes: This painting was originally much smaller. It was in 1628/29 that the angels were added as well as Rubens's self-portrait on horseback.
Adoration of the Magi, This photograph depicts an excerpt from the painting "The Adoration of the Magi." Here we see the Holy Family positioned beneath a classical column. Kings bearing gifts surround the Christ child., 1609-1628
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0960; Public Notes: This painting is much larger in actuality. Additions to the painting were made in 1628/29.
Adoration of the Magi; tmp-3.35086912448851e+015, A triptych with a center panel illustrating the Adoration of the Magi. The left panel depicts three warriors bringing water to King David. The right panel shows the Queen of Sheba visiting King Solomon., 1515
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0028; Public Notes: This piece was once incorrectly attributed to Herri met de Bles.
Agostino Beazzano, Portrait of Agostino Beazzano., 1550
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.UMBR.2666; Public Notes: Copy of Andrea Beazzano from the double portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano.
Allocution of Marquis del Vasto to his Troops, This scene depicts what is considered one of the most important moments in the Marquis' life: the speech he delivered in 1537 that managed to subdue the mutiny by Spanish troops in Lombardy. Next to him stands his son, who was ceded as a hostage to ensure that the Marquis kept his promises., c. 1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TITI.0253; Public Notes:
Amalia de Solms, Pricess of Orange, Portrait of Amalia de Solms, the Princess of Orange. Here she is depicted wearing an elegant black dress with a French collar. The dress is decorated with two rows of pearls and three large bows. She wears pearls on her ears, neck, and wrists and a large broach at her bosom. She sits looking directly at the viewer., 1631-1632
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0791; Public Notes: Photographer's mark is in the bottom left corner of photograph. This is copy of the original painting. The original's whereabouts are unknown.
An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fabula), Image depicts the Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool, c. 1600
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.SPAN.0347; Original stamp identifier: Collezione Contini Bonadossi; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Ana de Austria, wife of Louis XIII, Portrait of Ana de Austria, Felipe III's daughter and wife of Louis XIII. She is seated in three quarter's view wearing black, French-style clothing. Above her hangs a green canopy embroidered with fleur de lis from the Bourbon family coat of arms., c.1622
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0847; Public Notes: This piece is paired with the portrait of Marie de Medici, the sitter's mother-in-law (P1685). The reference number for this piece is PO1689. Our photographer wrongly attributes the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the current repository.
Andrea Navagero,, 1516
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.UMBR.2611; Public Notes: Based on the portrait by Raphael at the Louvre, France, in the manner of da Vinci.
Angel, An angel playing a lute, surrounded by foliage.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.UMBR.3770; Public Notes: This piece was once part of the Joseph Spiridon collection in Rome, Italy.
Apollo Conquers Pan, This painting depicts a mythological scene. Apollo stands in the center of the composition and crowns the figure on the left with a laurel wreath. Two satyrs sit to the right of Apollo., c.1637
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1387; Other stamp identifier: CV Stamp; Public Notes:
Archduke Alberto de Austria, Portrait of Alberto de Austria, prince of the Low Counties. He is seated to the left of the composition under a canopy. He wears all black and a small millstone ruff. Like in his wife's portrait, the sitter is depicted on a balcony that opens to a landscape. The palace depicted in the background is the Tervuren Palace., c.1615
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0844; Public Notes: This piece's reference number is PO1683. The pendant piece for this painting is Po1684 at the Prado (SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0844 in our collection). The photographer's mark is in the bottom left corner. Rubens primarily painted the figure and the foreground, while Brueghel primarily painted the background.
Archduke Leopoldo Guillermo at his picture gallery in Brussels, This painting is a portrait of Archduke Leopoldo Guillermo. He stands in his picture gallery surrounded by the paintings he acquired in Brussels while governing the Low Countries. Guillermo wears a hat and is surrounded by four men, including Teniers, his court painter., 1651-1653
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.1165; Public Notes: This piece was commissioned by Leopoldo Guillermo as a gift for Felipe IV. The depiction of picture galleries was popular among Flemish collectors in the 18th Century.
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