Portrait of a Knight of Santiago

Jusepe de Ribera, Portrait of a Knight of Santiago
The Meadows Museum

This is another of my favorite pieces from Dallas's best kept secret, The Meadows Museum.

Guess why?

Ok, it's true that I really like Ribera's work. Of course, it is the glasses. This knight had the latest tech and was going to show it off.

As Tom said, "Can you get my smartphone in this one? I want people to know I had the newest thing."

Worth a Thousand Words: Dama en la Exposición Universal de Paris

Luis Jiménez Aranda, Dama en la Exposición Universal de Paris (1889)

This is another of the fine paintings we enjoyed last week on our date at the Meadows Museum. I found myself continually admiring Luis Aranda's paintings, as it turned out when I kept checking the plates next to various paintings.