DOI issue:
No. 334 (January 1921)
DOI article:Spanish paintings at Burlington House
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21392#0024
SPANISH PAINTINGS AT BURLINGTON HOUSE
TWO MASKS." BY
CLAUDIO CASTELUCHO
who, to judge from a passage in his " Art
of Painting," set great store by exercises
of this kind. The exhibition contains one
example of Pacheco's own paintings. 0
Of painters other than El Greco whose
careers preceded either wholly or mainly
that of Velasquez, all those of any note
are represented by one or more examples.
The self-portrait of Pedro Berruguete, a
Castilian primitive who died in 1504,
is worthy of the best traditions of the
Spanish School. By Luis de Morales,
" the divine," there are two panels of
The Fifth Dolour, the larger of the two
being remarkable for the tragically realistic
painting of the dead Christ's face. Of
the work of Sanchez Coello (d. 1588) there
are eight examples, all portraits, and one
of them is of special interest as having
possibly suggested the painting of Las
Meninas by Velazquez. Coello's pupil
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and successor as Court Painter, Juan
Pantoja de la Cruz, is represented by
three exceedingly interesting portraits,
one of which, the Portrait of a Lady of
the De Palavicino Family, is here re-
produced in colour. His full length
Philip II. (lent by the King of Spain)°;is
a very striking presentment of that
monarch, in whose sad features the shadow
of approaching death is seen, and it
provides a strong contrast with Coello's
Prado half-length portrait, painted also
in the King's declining years. 0 a
Ribera and Zurbaran are the chief
contemporaries of Velazquez. By the
first there are three works, one of which,
A Girl with a Mirror, is reproduced on p. 5.
The Prado collection contains somewhere
about sixty paintings of this artist, nearly
all of them portraits of apostles and saints.
He was greatly influenced by Caravaggio,
TWO MASKS." BY
CLAUDIO CASTELUCHO
who, to judge from a passage in his " Art
of Painting," set great store by exercises
of this kind. The exhibition contains one
example of Pacheco's own paintings. 0
Of painters other than El Greco whose
careers preceded either wholly or mainly
that of Velasquez, all those of any note
are represented by one or more examples.
The self-portrait of Pedro Berruguete, a
Castilian primitive who died in 1504,
is worthy of the best traditions of the
Spanish School. By Luis de Morales,
" the divine," there are two panels of
The Fifth Dolour, the larger of the two
being remarkable for the tragically realistic
painting of the dead Christ's face. Of
the work of Sanchez Coello (d. 1588) there
are eight examples, all portraits, and one
of them is of special interest as having
possibly suggested the painting of Las
Meninas by Velazquez. Coello's pupil
8
and successor as Court Painter, Juan
Pantoja de la Cruz, is represented by
three exceedingly interesting portraits,
one of which, the Portrait of a Lady of
the De Palavicino Family, is here re-
produced in colour. His full length
Philip II. (lent by the King of Spain)°;is
a very striking presentment of that
monarch, in whose sad features the shadow
of approaching death is seen, and it
provides a strong contrast with Coello's
Prado half-length portrait, painted also
in the King's declining years. 0 a
Ribera and Zurbaran are the chief
contemporaries of Velazquez. By the
first there are three works, one of which,
A Girl with a Mirror, is reproduced on p. 5.
The Prado collection contains somewhere
about sixty paintings of this artist, nearly
all of them portraits of apostles and saints.
He was greatly influenced by Caravaggio,