Yale University Art Gallery
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Founded in 1832, the Yale University Art Gallery is the oldest university art museum in the United States. It serves as a vital cultural resource for Yale University, the broader academic community, and the public. With a collection of over 300,000 objects spanning various regions and time periods, the Gallery features around 2600 Spanish artworks including paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, works on paper, photography, and numismatics. Highlights include works by Velázquez, Luis de Morales, Goya, Picasso, Miró, Dalí, José Garcia Ayola, Elena del Rivero, and Joan Fontcuberta.
Spanish collection
The following 15 Spanish artworks are a selection from the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery.
1 Dinar of Yusuf Ibn Tashfin from Seville
by Anonymous / Unknown, 1096
- Medium
- Gold
- Dimensions
- 4.08 g, 12:00, 26.5 mm
- Credits
- Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
1/2 Real of King John II from Valencia
by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 1458–79
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 1.52 g, 11:00, 19 mm
- Credits
- Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Gros of Johanna, Queen of Castile; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor from Aragon
by Anonymous / Unknown, 1520
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 2.54 g, 3:00, 24 mm
- Credits
- Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897, Collection
Christ Carrying the Cross
by Luis de Morales, circa 1546
- Medium
- Distemper on linen
- Dimensions
- 79 1/2 × 60 5/8 in. (202 × 154 cm)
- Credits
- Robert Lehman Foundation Acquisition Fund for Early European and Modern and Contemporary Art
Candlestick
by Anonymous / Unknown, circa 1600–1700
- Medium
- Brass
- Dimensions
- 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); base: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
- Credits
- Charles F. Montgomery Collection
The Education of the Virgin
by Diego Velázquez, circa 1617–1618
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66 1/8 × 53 9/16 in.(168 × 136 cm)
- Credits
- Gift of Henry H. Townshend, B.A. 1897, LL.B. 1901, and Dr. Raynham Townshend, B.S. 1900S
Still Life with Dried Fruit
by Francisco de Burgos Mantilla, 1631
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 11 7/16 × 23 3/16 in. (29 × 58.9 cm)
- Credits
- Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Fund
Portrait of an Ecclesiastic
by Juan de Valdés Leal, circa 1680
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 72 3/4 × 44 5/16 × 7/8 in. (184.8 × 112.6 × 2.2 cm)
- Credits
- Director’s Purchase Fund and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Fosburgh, B.A. 1933, M.A. 1935
El ciego de la guitarra (The Blind Guitarist)
by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, circa 1778
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 14 1/4 × 21 1/4 in. (36.2 × 54 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 × 15 3/4 in. (55.5 × 40 cm)
- Credits
- Gift of Henry H. Pierce, Jr.
La Cuesta del Aljibeirillo, Granada
by José Garcia Ayola, circa 1865
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 10 5/8 × 8 1/16 in. (27 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 1/16 in. (27 × 20.5 cm)
- Credits
- Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932
Guitar
by Pablo Picasso, 1912
- Medium
- Graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 24 × 18 3/4 in. (61 × 47.6 cm)
- Credits
- Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940S, © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Segment of Pear, Wineglass and Ace of Clubs
by Pablo Picasso, 1914
- Medium
- Collage of pasted colored laid and wove papers, distemper (gesso), gouache, and graphite on cardboard
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 18 1/8 × 14 15/16 in. (46 × 38 cm); framed: 23 × 20 in. (58.4 × 50.8 cm)
- Credits
- The John Hay Whitney, B.A. 1926, Hon. M.A. 1956, Collection, © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Newspaper and Fruit Dish
by Juan Gris, 1916
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 37 15/16 × 25 1/4 in. (96.4 × 64.1 cm)
- Credits
- Gift of Collection Société Anonyme
La libre inclinación del deseo (The Free Inclination of Desire)
by Salvador Dalí, 1930
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- 15 1/2 × 12 in. (39.37 × 30.48 cm)
- Credits
- Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection, © Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
First Steps
by Pablo Picasso, 1943
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 51 1/4 × 38 1/4 in. (130.2 × 97.1 cm); framed: 66 5/8 × 53 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (169.2 × 136.2 × 11.4 cm)
- Credits
- Gift of Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York