Cincinnati Art Museum

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One of the oldest arts institutions in the United States and the first purpose-built art museum west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Cincinnati Art Museum features a diverse, encyclopedic art collection of approximately 70,000 works spanning 6,000 years. In addition to studying, conserving, publishing and displaying its collection, the museum organizes several exhibitions each year and hosts national and international traveling exhibitions.

The Cincinnati Art Museum showcases a broad range of Spanish art, featuring extensive collections of paintings, sculptures, and drawings from the 12th to the 21st century. Its prints collection includes over 300 works by Spanish artists. Additionally, the museum displays examples of fashion and decorative arts from Spain.

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Spanish collection

The following 36 Spanish artworks are a selection from the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Column Capital with Acanthus Leaves

by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 900–1000

Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 9 5/16 x 9 15/16 x 8 13/16 in. (23.7 x 25.2 x 22.4 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Given in memory of Louise O. and Arthur L. Zimmerman by their children.

10th century

Falconer

by Master of San Baudelio, circa 1125–1150

Medium: Fresco transferred to canvas
Dimensions: 86 5/8 x 78 7/8 in. (220 x 200.3 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of Elijah B. Martindale and The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial.

12th century

Folio from a Pink Qur’an Describing the People of Paradise and Those of Hell Sūrat Yūnus

by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 1200–1250

Medium: Ink, colors, and gold on pink paper
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 8 15/16in. (29.9 x 22.7cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of JoLynn M. and Byron W. Gustin.
Notes: (Chapter: Jonah) 10: verses 26–7. Early 13th century‒mid-13th century.

13th century

Tomb Effigy of Don Sancho Saiz Carillo

by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 1300

Medium: Wood (poplar) with polychromy and gilding
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of Mrs. Frederick A. Geier in memory of her sister, Emilie Esselborn Crane.

14th century

Plate with Coat of Arms and Grape Leaf Decoration in Luster and Cobalt Blue

by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 1400–1500

Medium: Earthenware with overglaze painting in blue and luster
Dimensions: Diameter: 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm). H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Williams by their children.

15th century

Saint Andrew

by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 1400–1500

Medium: Limestone with polychromy
Dimensions: 42 5/16 x 15 x 8 1/4 in. (107.5 x 38.1 x 21 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of Demotte Inc.

15th century

Saint Paul Visiting Saint Peter in Prison

by Fernando Gallego, circa 1500

Medium: Oil and tempera on panel
Dimensions: 47 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (121.3 x 64.8 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Leyman Endowment.

16th century

Christ on the Cross with a View of Toledo

by El Greco, circa 1610–1614

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 41 x 24 3/8 in. (104.1 x 61.9 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. John J. Emery Fund.

17th century

Saint Peter Nolasco Recovering the Image of the Virgin of El Puig

by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1630

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 65 1/16 x 82 3/16 in. (165.3 x 208.8 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of Mary Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft and Mr. Stevenson Scott in memory of Charles Frederick Fowles.

17th century

Still Life with Fruit and Pottery

by Juan de Zurbarán, circa 1640–1645

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 72 7/8 x 44 1/2 in. (185.1 x 113 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Fanny Bryce Lehmer Endowment.

17th century

Saint John the Baptist

by Alonso Cano, 1645–1652

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 72 7/8 x 44 1/2 in. (185.1 x 113 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Fanny Bryce Lehmer Endowment.

17th century

Saint Thomas of Villanueva Dividing His Clothes Among Beggar Boys

by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, circa 1667

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 86 1/2 x 58 3/4 in. (219.7 x 149.2 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of Mary M. Emery.

17th century

Plate with Stylized Prancing Lion

by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 1700–1800

Medium: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: Diameter: 14 13/16 in. (37.6 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of Agnes S. and Murray Seasongood.

18th century

Plate with Stylized Image of a Bird

by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 1700–1750

Medium: Glazed earthernware
Dimensions: Diameter: 15 7/8 x 3 5/16 in. (40.3 x 8.4 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of John R. Strauss.

18th century

The Dwarf, Diego de Acedo (known as el Primo)

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1778

Medium: Etching, working proof retouched with crayon
Dimensions: Platemark: 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (21.6 x 15.6 cm). On sheet 12 7/8 x 9 7/16 in. (32.7 x 23.9 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of Herbert Greer French.

18th century

Le Garrote (The Garroted Man)

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1778–1780

Medium: Etching, 1st state
Dimensions: Platemark: 12 13/16 x 8 7/16 in. (32.6 x 21.4 cm). On sheet: 14 9/16 x 9 3/8 in. (37 x 23.8 cm)

18th century

The Blind Man Tossed on the Horns of a Bull (Aveugle enlevé sur les cornes d'un Taureau)

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, circa 1800–1804

Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint. Working trial proof
Dimensions: Platemark: 6 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (17.5 x 21.6 cm). On sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 1/16 in. (21.3 x 25.6 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of Herbert Greer French.

19th century

Disparate Ridiculo (Ridicuious Folly) from Los Disparates

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1815–1817

Medium: Etching, aquatint, and drypoint. Posthumous trial proof
Dimensions: Platemark: 9 7/16 x 13 7/8 in. (24 x 35.3 cm). On sheet: 10 7/16 x 15 1/16 in. (26.5 x 38.3 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of Herbert Greer French.

19th century

Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly) from Los Disparates

by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, circa 1816–1817

Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint. Posthumous trial proof
Dimensions: Platemark: 9 1/2 x 13 15/16 in. (24.3 x 35.4 cm). On sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 in. (27.6 x 38.8 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of Herbert Greer French.
Notes: Printed circa 1854‒63.

19th century

Mirador de Lindaraja (Alhambra), Granada

by José Camino Vaca, circa 1878–1888

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25.9 x 20 cm). On mount 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of George William McClure, Jr.

19th century

Puerto de Valencia

by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1897

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 23 3/8 x 35 in. (59.4 x 88.9 cm). Framed: 28 1/4 x 39 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (71.8 x 100.3 x 3.2 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of Eleanor R. Meacham.

19th century

Salomé, from the Saltimbanques

by Pablo Picasso, 1905

Medium: Drypoint
Dimensions: Platemark: 15 11/16 x 13 11/16 in. (39.9 x 34.7 cm). On sheet: 23 3/4 x 20 1/16 in. (60.3 x 50.9 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. © 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Mr. and Mrs. Ross W. Sloniker Collection of Twentieth Century Biblical and Religious Prints.

20th century

The Little Granddaughter

by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1908

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32 x 41 1/2 in. (81.3 x 105.4 cm). Framed: 41 1/8 x 50 9/16 x 3 in. (104.5 x 128.4 x 7.6 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phelps Taft.

20th century

Still Life with Glass and Lemon

by Pablo Picasso, 1910

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 29 1/8 x 39 13/16 in. (74 x 101.3 cm). Framed 38 1/2 x 49 x 3 in. (97.8 x 124.5 x 7.6 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. © 2024 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Bequest of Mary E. Johnston.

20th century

Still Life with Violin and Music Sheet

by Juan Gris, 1914

Medium: Oil on paper collage on canvas
Dimensions: 36 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (92.1 x 65.4 cm). Framed: 45 1/2 x 34 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (115.6 x 87 x 6.4 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Bequest of Mary E. Johnston.

20th century

Head of a Woman

by Pablo Picasso, 1922

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 1/8 x 19 11/16 in. (61.2 x 50 cm). Framed: 32 3/4 x 27 11/16 x 4 in. (83.2 x 70.3 x 10.2 cm)

20th century

Abstraction (Head)

by Pablo Picasso, 1930

Medium: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 24 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (62.2 x 46.4 cm). Framed: 35 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 3 in. (90.2 x 73 x 7.6 cm)

20th century

Unmarried Woman and Village Youth, from the Ballet The Cuckold’s Fair

by Joan Junyer, circa 1943

Medium: Pencil, gouache, and colored pencil
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 10 9/16 in. (34.9 x 26.9 cm)
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of the Fleischmann Foundation in memory of Julius Fleischmann.

20th century

Profile with Black Background (Profil au fond noir)

by Pablo Picasso, 1947

Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 21 3/16 x 14 3/8 in. (53.8 x 36.5 cm). On sheet: 22 1/4 x 15 in. (56.5 x 38.1 cm)

20th century

Composition of August 8, 1947

by Pablo Picasso, 1947

Medium: Color lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 12 13/16 x 19 7/16 in. (32.5 x 49.3 cm). On sheet 13 x 19 1/2 in. (33 x 49.5 cm)

20th century

St. George and the Dragon

by Salvador Dalí, 1947

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Platemark: 17 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (44.5 x 28.2 cm). On sheet: 22 1/2 x 15 in. (57.1 x 38.1 cm)

20th century

Mural for the Terrace Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati

by Joan Miró, 1947

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 102 x 368 1/4 in. (259.1 x 935.4 cm)

20th century

Evening Jacket

by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1959

Medium: Cotton tulle, silk floss, silk chenille, sequins and metallic threads
Credits: Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift in memory of Irma Mendelson Lazarus.

20th century