Hispanist Jonathan Brown, a great expert on Velázquez, passed away

January 18, 2022 at 08:49 p.m.

 

Jonathan Brown, a well-known figure in the art world for being a world authority on Golden age Spanish, especially Velázquez, died at 82 years.

El Museo del Prado, through a solemn message, was the one who confirmed the sad news.

Brown He was a professor at the Institute of Fine Arts of the University of New York and worked, over several decades, with multiple museums in Spain as an advisor.

His work, focused on Spanish painting and Spanish-American art of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, was essential for researchers and art lovers.

 

 

 

He was the curator of various exhibitions at the Prado, such as the one dedicated in 1999 to Velázquez, Rubens and Van Dyck, in commemoration of the fourth centenary of the Spanish painter's birth.

 

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Jonathan Brown published several works to understand Spanish baroque painting among which stand Images and ideas in Spanish painting of the XNUMXth centuryVelázquez, painter and courtierA palace for the king: the Buen Retiro and the court of Felipe IVThe golden age of painting in SpainThe triumph of painting. On court collecting in the XNUMXth century.

Throughout his career he won awards such as the Gold Medal for Fine Arts in 1986; the Grand Cross of Alfonso X el Sabio, in 1996, and the Elio Antonio Nebrija Award from the University of Salamanca, in 1997.

 

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