Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660)
Philip IV, King of Spain, ca 1625-28
Oil on canvas, 80 ¾ x 46 1/8 in. (205 x 117 cm)
Bequest of John Ringling, Collection of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the state Art Museum of Florida, SN336
Photo courtesy of the Norton Museum of Art
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Spain in the Age of Exploration 1492-1819
UNITED STATES
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA • Norton Museum of Art • Ongoing
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Spain in the Age of Exploration 1492-1819 is a blockbuster exhibition that charts the evolution of Spanish attitudes towards knowledge, exploration, and faith during three centuries of Spain's golden age beginning with Columbus's first voyage in 1492 and ending with the signing of the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819, which ceded Florida and the Northwest Territories to the United States.
The exhibition features one hundred thirty-three objects, many leaving Spain for the first time, including masterworks by such artists as Bosch, Titian, El Greco, Velázquez and Goya, among others. Also included are sculptures, such as Bernini's Crucifix, decorative arts, suits of armor, tapestries, scientific instruments used by the early explorers, early maps, and first-edition books, including a rare 1494 account of Columbus's "discovery" of the Americas.
The great majority of the objects in the exhibition have been selected from the collections of the Royal Family, which are now administered by the Patrimonio Nacional of Spain. Lending to the exhibition are palaces, museums, monasteries, libraries, and archives in Madrid, Aranjuez, Segovia, and other Spanish cities, including El Escorial and Museo del Prado.
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