1602
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Disembarkation of Captives Ransomed by Saint Peter Nolasco is a 1602 oil by Francisco Pacheco, a Early Baroque Italian work, held at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
This painting depicts a scene of people gathered around a group of captives, with a figure in a white robe at the center. The captives are dressed in simple, white garments and appear to be being freed or ransomed. The background of the painting features a landscape with trees and a body of water. The artist's use of oil paint creates a sense of depth and texture in the scene, with the figures and landscape rendered in vivid detail. The overall mood of the painting is one of solemnity and reverence. To learn more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in a painting, look up Francisco Pacheco.
Francisco Pérez del Río (bap. 3 November 1564 – 27 November 1644), known by his pseudonym Francisco Pacheco, was a Spanish painter, best known as the teacher of Alonso Cano and Diego Velázquez, as well as the latter's…
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