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Explore Spanish paintings through their subjects, historical settings and artists. Open each image to examine it in detail.

Paintings in this selection

21 artworks. Open a painting to read its story and explore its details.

The Third of May 1808 in Madrid, or The Executions — Francisco GoyaFrancisco Goya

The Third of May 1808 in Madrid, or The Executions

1814Altamira bison — Unknown artistUnknown artist

Altamira bison

About 15,000–13,000 years agoLas Meninas — Diego VelázquezDiego Velázquez

Las Meninas

1656The Assumption of the Virgin — El GrecoEl Greco

The Assumption of the Virgin

1577–79Saint George and the Dragon — Bernat MartorellBernat Martorell

Saint George and the Dragon

1434–35Still Life with Game Fowl — Juan Sánchez CotánJuan Sánchez Cotán

Still Life with Game Fowl

c. 1600–3Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin — Unidentified Spanish paintersUnidentified Spanish painters

Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin

1396Kitchen Scene — Diego VelázquezDiego Velázquez

Kitchen Scene

1618–20Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792) — Francisco GoyaFrancisco Goya

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792)

1787–88Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609) — El GrecoEl Greco

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609)

ca. 1600View of Toledo — El GrecoEl Greco

View of Toledo

ca. 1599–1600The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda) — Luis MeléndezLuis Meléndez

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda)

ca. 1772Virgin and Child — Bartolomé Estebán MurilloBartolomé Estebán Murillo

Virgin and Child

1670sJuan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670) — Diego VelázquezDiego Velázquez

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)

1650The Marquesa de Pontejos — Francisco GoyaFrancisco Goya

The Marquesa de Pontejos

c. 1786Saturn — Francisco GoyaFrancisco Goya

Saturn

1820–1823Two Women at a Window — Bartolomé Esteban MurilloBartolomé Esteban Murillo

Two Women at a Window

c. 1655/1660Laocoön — El GrecoEl Greco

Laocoön

c. 1610/1614Saint Lucy — Francisco de ZurbaránFrancisco de Zurbarán

Saint Lucy

c. 1625/1630Saint Martin and the Beggar — El GrecoEl Greco

Saint Martin and the Beggar

1597/1599María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón — Francisco GoyaFrancisco Goya

María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón

1783

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