Goya's painting stolen.
"Children with a cart," a painting from 1778 by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, was stolen last week while it was being transportated to New York Guggenheim Museum from the Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio).
The painting was stolen in a motel in Pennsylvania, where the two truck-drivers had stopped to spend the night. The truck, with the valuable painting inside, was left unattended in an unlightened parkign lot. This is one of the main concerns for the FBI: why did the truck drivers proceed in such way, and how did the thieves (or thief) know that the truck would be in that spot without surveillance. Those concerns are heading the investigation of the case to a point where an insider of the organizations might be implicated.
The exhibition to where the painting was headed is "El Greco to Picasso: time, truth and history."Its organization was promoted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and has been described as "ambicious, rigourous and revolutionary" by Carmen Calvo, the Spanish Minister for Culture.
The painting was stolen in a motel in Pennsylvania, where the two truck-drivers had stopped to spend the night. The truck, with the valuable painting inside, was left unattended in an unlightened parkign lot. This is one of the main concerns for the FBI: why did the truck drivers proceed in such way, and how did the thieves (or thief) know that the truck would be in that spot without surveillance. Those concerns are heading the investigation of the case to a point where an insider of the organizations might be implicated.
The exhibition to where the painting was headed is "El Greco to Picasso: time, truth and history."Its organization was promoted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and has been described as "ambicious, rigourous and revolutionary" by Carmen Calvo, the Spanish Minister for Culture.
The exhibition, which opened November 17th, is divided by diferent topics, such as childhood, women in public, knights and ghosts,landscapes, among others. This reunites great masters, like Picasso, Velázquez and Goya, in the same room.
Woman Ironing, Picasso (1904)Francisco de Goya y Lucientes and Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez are both very well known for their portraits of the royal family.
Goya portrayed the Duchess of Alba (1797) in one of his many magnificent paintings of the Spanish royal family.
Nevertheless, his most intriguing paintings come from his dark phase, provoqued by his becoming deaf. The contrast between his joyful paintings and the depressing ones shows his ability to cover any aspect of life in his art.
The shooting of May 3rd (1814)
Las Meninas (Velázquez, 1656) is one of the most recognized paintings of the artist, and it hangs at El Prado Museum, in Madrid. 
In the Guggehnheim's exhibition "The Needlewoman" (1660), can be admired, among others.
His ability to capture the human body can be observed in "The Rokeby Venus" (1651), which hangs now at the National Gallery of London in another exhibition called "Velázquez."
In the Guggehnheim's exhibition "The Needlewoman" (1660), can be admired, among others.
His ability to capture the human body can be observed in "The Rokeby Venus" (1651), which hangs now at the National Gallery of London in another exhibition called "Velázquez."
Goya portrayed the Duchess of Alba (1797) in one of his many magnificent paintings of the Spanish royal family.
Nevertheless, his most intriguing paintings come from his dark phase, provoqued by his becoming deaf. The contrast between his joyful paintings and the depressing ones shows his ability to cover any aspect of life in his art.
The shooting of May 3rd (1814)
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