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Archaeology. CEÁN-BERMÚDEZ, Juan Agustín. "Sumario de las Antigüedades Romanas que hay en España, en especial las pertenecientes a las Bellas Artes". . Books . Madrid, Imprenta de D

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Archaeology. CEÁN-BERMÚDEZ, Juan Agustín. "Sumario de las Antigüedades Romanas que hay en España, en especial las pertenecientes a las Bellas Artes". . Books . Madrid, Imprenta de D

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Circle of JUAN SARIÑERA, (Spain, c. 1545 - 1619). "The venerable Domingo Anadón delivering the guilds of the statutes of the Pila de San Vicente Ferrer". Oil on canvas. Relined. Measurements: 110 x 135 cm, 125 x 147 cm (frame). This canvas is a copy of the painting made by Juan Sariñena and is in the Notarial College of Valencia. This work is referenced in the catalog "Juan Sariñena. Painter of the Counter-Reformation in Valencia", published by the Generalitat Valenciana in 2008. Juan Sariñena was a Spanish painter, probably of Aragonese origin, active in Valencia in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He was key in the acceptance of the new naturalistic language, replacing the mannerist and idealizing formulas of Juan de Juanes. In 1570 he was in Rome, influenced by painters of the late counter-mannerism and by the Academy of San Lucas. From 1580 he lived in Valencia, excelling in portraiture with Venetian technique. His first documented work is a portrait of King James I in 1580, followed by a portrait of St. Louis Beltran. In 1584, Sariñena began receiving commissions from Archbishop Juan de Ribera, including portraits of saints and a series of naturalistic portraits. In 1591, he directed the decoration of the Sala Nova of the Palacio de la Generalidad Valenciana, for which he was named Pintor de la Ciudad in 1595. He continued to work for Ribera and other important clients, including the remodeling of the cell of San Vicente Ferrer and several religious paintings. In his later years, he collaborated with Francisco Ribalta and adopted a more vivid color palette. In 1607, he was a member of the board of directors of the Colegio de Pintores and, although his output declined, he still undertook important commissions until his death in 1619 in Valencia. He was succeeded by his disciple Agustín Ridaura as painter of the city.

Attributed to GABRIEL DE LA CORTE (Madrid, 1648 - 1694). Spanish school, XVII century. "Vase". Oil on canvas. Measurements: 87.5 x 74 cm: 98 x 83.5 cm (frame). This painting follows a compositional scheme that knew great boom during the Spanish Baroque: The still lifes of flowers. In the way of resolving the varied bouquets of cheerful colors, in which a dense brushstroke of bright pigment has been used, the hand of Gabriel de la Corte is recognizable. The chromatic juiciness of the floral piece advances rococo solutions, which break symmetry and tend to horror vacui. The painter has frozen the moment of maximum maturity of the flower, prior to its decay. The dark background highlights the light of the still life, extracting a wide range of shades. The freedom of execution and vigorous brushstroke are reminiscent of the work of the master from Madrid. Specializing in the execution of vases, Gabriel de la Corte was the son of another painter from Madrid, Lucas de la Corte, although his paternity has been the subject of debate among important scholars such as Antonio Palomino and Cean Bermúdez. During his lifetime, De la Corte's success was scarce, which led him to eke out a meager living by painting at low prices and even completing the works of other artists by inserting flowers in his works. He was known for the use of an overloaded composition in which the freedom of the workmanship and the spontaneous and vigorous touch of the brush loaded with matter prevail. De la Corte's style is influenced by those of Arellano and anticipates the flower still lifes that, later on, would be crowded with complicated compositions on tremendously elaborated cartouches. Some important works by De la Corte are preserved in the Prado Museum, among other important institutions.