Four centuries out of Spain
Spanish Painting
Spanish painting across four hundred years, from small gold-ground panels of about 1496 to a masked ball in 1909. El Greco's Christ under the cross, a queen from Velázquez's workshop in a vast grey dress, and Goya's boy in red with his magpie on a string. Dark grounds, and very little between you and the sitter.
As a puzzle
The dark one. Goya and El Greco set their people against near black, so a good third of the table is shadow you sort by touch rather than by colour, and the faces and the few bright clothes carry the rest. Keep the count low and it stays a pleasure. Most are taller than they are wide.
A good size here: 40–200 pieces.
Painters here: Francisco de Goya
Subjects here: Sacred ArtPortraitsChildrenInteriors
17 pictures, pick one to build