Friday, January 27, 2023

Art of the Spanish World

Today we attended the Spanish Treasures exhibit at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly.




Door Knockers


Baptismal Font c.1400




St. Jerome by El Greco c.1600



Hebrew Bible c.1450

Black Book of Hours c.1450

by Diego Velazquez c.1640





Writing Box

Mexican Shawl


St. Michael Striking Down the
Rebellious Angels c.1650

St. Peter of Alcantara and
St. Teresa c.1720



Altar Lamp c.1675


The Four Fates of Man:  Death, Soul in Hell,
Soul in Purgatory, and Soul in Heaven
c.1775

The Duchess of Alba by Goya 1797


Sea Idyll by Joaquin Sorolla 1908

Louis Tiffany by Sorolla 1911

The Family of the Gypsy Bullfighter
by Ignacio Zuloaga 1903

Textile Fragment c.1300

The Wedding at Cana by Nicolas de Correa 1696.
This painting is inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl.

In the gift shop.



 

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Lincoln's Inn

Founded in the 1400's, Lincoln's Inn is an 11-acre campus of law offices in Holborn.  It is one of four in London, the other Inns of Court being Middle Temple, Inner Temple, and Gray's Inn.  All barristers in the UK belong to one of these organizations.




















Monday, January 23, 2023

Hall Place

Located in Bexley, south-east London, Hall Place is a stately Tudor manor house built in the 1500's for Sir John Champneys, Lord Mayor of London.