August Liebmann Gallery

La Maja Desnuda, (The Naked Maja), c.1797-1800, (c1934). Artist: Francisco Goya

La Maja Desnuda, (The Naked Maja), c.1797-1800, (c1934). Possibly commissioned by Manuel de Godoy, to hang in his private collection An image of Venus in the nude, reclining on green velvet with a bed of pillows. Legend has it this was the Duchess of Alba, but the sitter has been identified as Pepita Also Tudo, who was Godoy's mistress from 1797. The painting is renowned for the straightforward and unashamed gaze of the model towards the viewer. Oil on canvas. Held at the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Galerias De Europa: Museo Del Prado, by A. De Beruete y Moret & Augusto L. Mayer. [Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona, c1934]

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La Reina Maria De Inglaterra, (Mary Tudor, Queen of England), 1554, (c1934). Artist: Antonis Mor

La Reina Maria De Inglaterra, (Mary Tudor, Queen of England), 1554, (c1934) The Queen sits in a crimson velvet chair, holding the red rose of Tudor in hand she has a tense and somewhat stiff attitude. Mary I (1516-558) was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants led to the posthumous sobriquet Bloody Mary'. Oil on canvas. Held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Galerias De Europa: Museo Del Prado, by A. De Beruete y Moret & Augusto L. Mayer. [Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona, c1934]

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Speech of the Marquis del Vasto, c1540, (c1934). Artist: Titian

Speech of the Marquis del Vasto, c1540, (c1934). Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, (1502-1546) was a noble Neapolitan, who participated in the Battle of Pavia and the conquest of Tunisia in 1535. The picture tells of an event in 1537 when Spanish troops stationed in Milan attempted a rebellion demanding his salary. The conflict was quelled by the Marquis himself thanks to his eloquence persuading his soldiers to leave his own son as collateral. Oil on canvas. Held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Galerias De Europa: Museo Del Prado, by A. De Beruete y Moret & Augusto L. Mayer. [Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona, c1934]

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