A few days in Paris for some excellent exhibitions, starting at the Musée Jacquemart-André for an exhibition of Hispanic Baroque painting, featuring Golden Age artists including El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán and Diego Velázquez.

The exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Hispanic Society of America in New York and is part of a collection that has been on tour at various locations throughout the USA and Europe. It was, therefore, a little disappointing to find that at its sole appearance in France the exhibition only comprised some forty paintings, whereas when it appeared at the Prado, Madrid and the Royal Academy, London there were around 200 items, including paintings, sculpture and ceramics from a much wider time period. Nevertheless, what was on display was fascinating to see and there were some excellent examples of Spanish baroque painting.

El Greco ‘Pietà’ (c.1574 – 76)

Anonymous Spanish artist ‘Philippe II et ses enfants’ (c.1581 – 84)

El Greco ‘Saint Luke’ (c.1590)

Alonso Vazquez ‘Saint Sebastien’ (c.1603 – 07)

Fray Alfonso López de Herrera ‘Immaculée Conception’ (1640)

Juan Carreño de Miranda ‘Portrait of Philippe IV, roi d’Espagne’ (c.1645 – 50)

Francisco de Zurbarán ‘Saint Emerentiana’ (c.1635 – 40)

Francisco de Zurbarán ‘Saint Lucy’ (c.1630)

Diego Velázquez ‘Portrait of a Little Girl’ (c.1638 – 42)

Sebastian Munoz ‘Marie-Louise d’Orleans en chapelle ardente’ (1689 – 90)

Nicholás Correa ‘Les Noces de Cana’ (1696)