The Brilliance of the Spanish World: El Greco, Velázquez, Zurbarán
Exhibition
Holy Family by El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), 1585, oil on canvas. Courtesy of The Hispanic Society of America, New York.
Featuring works from the most significant collection of Hispanic art outside of Spain, this exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum presents more than 50 paintings by renowned and influential Hispanic artists of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Spain established the first worldwide empire through exploration and colonial conquest, generating wealth that led to the flourishing of art and literature.
This exhibition offers a glimpse into this era of artistic ambition and cultural complexity. The resulting artworks range from powerfully emotive paintings of saints and biblical scenes created in service of the Roman Catholic faith in Spain and its many colonies to starkly secular formal court portraits of influential, wealthy, and, in some cases, infamous figures.
This exhibition was organized by the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, with support from The Museum Box.
View the related lectures: El Greco: Ambition and Defiance on May 15th, and The Brilliance of the Spanish World on June 17th.
Free with general admission.