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A New Acquisition on Display at the Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid

Now on display at the Museo Nacional de Escultura in Valladolid the museum’s newly acquired group of 19 individual polychrome sculptures by the Seville-born Luisa Roldán (1652-1706), forming the unusual subject of the Cavalcade of the Kings. These small-scale cedar-wood painted and gilded figures were acquired in December 2017 after being export-stopped and are theContinue reading “A New Acquisition on Display at the Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid”

Featured exhibition: Son of Laocoön. Alonso Berruguete and Pagan Antiquity

Hijo del Laocoonte. Alonso Berruguete y la Antigüedad pagana, Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid, until 5 November 2017 This is the first exhibition to explore the ‘pagan soul’ of sixteenth century sculptor Alonso Berruguete. The exhibition focuses on his fascination with the works of antiquity, which he saw on his sojourn in Italy between aboutContinue reading “Featured exhibition: Son of Laocoön. Alonso Berruguete and Pagan Antiquity”