Isidoro de Tapia Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Isidoro de Tapia Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 25, 2024
ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, ca. 1712 - ca. 1771/77). ‘Virgin and Child. Oil on canvas.
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, ca. 1712 - ca. 1771/77). ‘Virgin and Child. Oil on canvas. Size: 84 x 62 x 2 cm. The format of this piece indicates that it was probably originally a processional banner. This is largely due to the composition, which is based on a compartmentalised scheme, with lower cartouches depicting various saints and an upper area containing the representation of the Virgin and Child, which is crowned by various angels. The piece is notable for its great scenography, typical of Baroque aesthetic schemes. This theatricality is defined firstly by the division between an earthly space, dedicated to the saints, and an area reserved exclusively for the divine plane, where the monumental figure of the Virgin dominates the space. The figure, which has been conceived in a pyramidal form, seated on a cloud with cherubic heads and the crescent of the fourth crescent, common in his iconography as the Immaculate Conception, stands as the central axis of the scene, exercising a strict centrality that is only interrupted in the upper area by the representation of the Eucharist and the dove of the Holy Spirit. A Spanish Rococo painter, the Valencian Isidoro de Tapia trained with Evaristo Muñoz, according to Ceán Bermúdez. In Valencia he executed several works commissioned by the public, and in 1743 he moved to Madrid. He joined the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he was appointed a meritorious academician in 1755. It is thought that he also spent some time working in Portugal. He taught drawing at the Academy until his death, and also worked for the Royal Stables of the Royal Palace. Although few signed works by his hand are known, Ismael Gutiérrez Pastor compiled a small catalogue of twenty-eight works that provide an insight into the personality of this painter, and also reconstructed his life from known and unpublished documents. Works by Isidoro de Tapia are currently held in the San Fernando Academy and other collections.
Setdart Auction House
May. 29, 2024
ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, ca. 1712 - ca. 1771/77). ‘Virgin and Child. Oil on canvas.
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, ca. 1712 - ca. 1771/77). ‘Virgin and Child. Oil on canvas. Size: 84 x 62 x 2 cm. The format of this piece indicates that it was probably originally a processional banner. This is largely due to the composition, which is based on a compartmentalised scheme, with lower cartouches depicting various saints and an upper area containing the representation of the Virgin and Child, which is crowned by various angels. The piece is notable for its great scenography, typical of Baroque aesthetic schemes. This theatricality is defined firstly by the division between an earthly space, dedicated to the saints, and an area reserved exclusively for the divine plane, where the monumental figure of the Virgin dominates the space. The figure, which has been conceived in a pyramidal form, seated on a cloud with cherubic heads and the crescent of the fourth crescent, common in his iconography as the Immaculate Conception, stands as the central axis of the scene, exercising a strict centrality that is only interrupted in the upper area by the representation of the Eucharist and the dove of the Holy Spirit. A Spanish Rococo painter, the Valencian Isidoro de Tapia trained with Evaristo Muñoz, according to Ceán Bermúdez. In Valencia he executed several works commissioned by the public, and in 1743 he moved to Madrid. He joined the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he was appointed a meritorious academician in 1755. It is thought that he also spent some time working in Portugal. He taught drawing at the Academy until his death, and also worked for the Royal Stables of the Royal Palace. Although few signed works by his hand are known, Ismael Gutiérrez Pastor compiled a small catalogue of twenty-eight works that provide an insight into the personality of this painter, and also reconstructed his life from known and unpublished documents. Works by Isidoro de Tapia are currently held in the San Fernando Academy and other collections.
Setdart Auction House
Apr. 26, 2023
Important Immaculate Virgin, Isidoro de Tapia (Valencia, 1712-Madrid, 1778), 18th century Madrid school
Est: €4,500 - €5,000
Oil on canvas. Canvas measures: 127 x 96, framed measures: 139 x 107 cm. Isidoro de Tapia (Valencia, 1712-Madrid, 1778) was a prominent painter of the Madrid Rococo. Trained according to Ceán Bermúdez with Evaristo Muñoz, in 1743 he moved to Madrid where in 1755 he was named a member of merit of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, for which he painted the Sacrifice of Abraham. Professor of drawing at the Academy until his death, Ceán praised him for the color and vividness of his paintings. Origin: old family collection from a noble Hacienda in southern Spain.
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Sep. 28, 2022
ISIDORO DE TAPIA (Valencia, 1712 - Madrid, 1778). "Saint Anthony of padua".
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
ISIDORO DE TAPIA (Valencia, 1712 - Madrid, 1778). "Saint Anthony of Padua. Oil on canvas. Antique re-colouring. It presents restorations. Measurements: 82 x 61,5 cm. The clear and powdered tonalities with which the author captures this devotional scene, added to the great tenderness that can be deduced from the faces and the corporal attitude of the protagonists, place the work in the 18th century, close to the aesthetic precepts of the Rococo style. Far removed from Baroque representations, the artist places Saint Anthony holding the Nile in his arms, both of them set in a vaporous and subtle break of glory, whose golden tones add warmth to the scene, a common device in the artist's pictorial work. Saint Anthony of Padua is, after Saint Francis of Assisi, the most popular of the Franciscan saints. He was born in Lisbon in 1195 and only spent the last two years of his life in Padua. After studying at the convent of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, he entered the Order of Friars Minor in 1220, where he changed his Christian name from Fernando to Antonio. After teaching theology in Bologna, he travelled through southern and central France, preaching in Arles, Montpellier, Puy, Limoges and Bourges. In 1227 he took part in the general chapter at Assisi. In 1230 he was involved in the transfer of the remains of St Francis. He preached in Padua and died there at the age of 36 in 1231. He was canonised only a year after his death, in 1232. According to Ceán Bermúdez, the Valencian painter Isidoro de Tapia trained with Evaristo Muñoz. In Valencia he executed several works commissioned by the public, and in 1743 he moved to Madrid. He joined the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he was appointed a meritorious academician in 1755. It is thought that he also spent some time working in Portugal. He taught drawing at the Academy until his death, and also worked for the Royal Stables of the Royal Palace. Although few signed works by his hand are known, Ismael Gutiérrez Pastor compiled a small catalogue of twenty-eight works that provide an insight into the personality of this painter, and also reconstructed his life from known and unpublished documents. Works by Isidoro de Tapia are currently held in the San Fernando Academy and other collections.
Setdart Auction House
Jul. 28, 2022
Attributed to ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, h. 1712 - active until 1771/77). Immaculate. Oil on copper.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Attributed to ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, ca. 1712 - act. until 1771/77). "Immaculate Conception. Oil on copper. Size: 9 x 8 cm; 19 x 17 cm (frame). Miniature in which we can observe the representation of the Immaculate perfectly framed within the Spanish 18th century, marked at stylistic level by the rococo, although at iconographic level it follows the models established in the baroque. We see Mary dressed in white and blue (symbols of purity and the concepts of truth and eternity, respectively), surrounded by child angels, standing on clouds. Medieval Christianity passionately debated the belief that Mary was conceived without stain of original sin. Some universities and corporations vowed to defend this privilege of the Mother of God, several centuries before the First Vatican Council defined the dogma of faith in 1854. At the end of the Middle Ages the need arose to give iconographic form to this idea, and the model of the Apocalyptic Woman of Saint John was taken, maintaining some elements and modifying others (the Apocalyptic Woman is pregnant, but not the Immaculate). The definitive image came to fruition in the 16th century, apparently in Spain. Following a Valencian tradition, the Jesuit Father Alberro had a vision of the Immaculate Conception and described it to the painter Juan de Juanes so that he could depict it as faithfully as possible. It is an evolved iconographic concept, sometimes associated with the theme of the Coronation of the Virgin. Mary is shown standing, dressed in a white tunic and blue cloak, her hands crossed on her chest, with the moon at her feet (in memory of Diana's chastity) and treading on the infernal serpent. Around her head, like a halo, she wears the twelve stars, symbolising fullness and alluding to the twelve tribes of Israel. Most of these images are accompanied in the painting by the Marian symbols of the litanies and psalms, such as the mystical rose, the palm tree, the cypress, the enclosed garden, the ark of Faith, the gate of Heaven, the ivory tower, the sun and moon, the sealed fountain, the cedar of Lebanon, the spotless mirror, the morning star, and so on. In Baroque painting, the background is usually celestial and populated with angels, as artists from the 17th century onwards faithfully maintained the iconographic type but dispensed with the symbols of the litanies or reduced them, incorporating them into the composition in a naturalistic manner, and sought greater dynamism and a sense of theatricality. According to Ceán Bermúdez, the Valencian painter Isidoro de Tapia trained with Evaristo Muñoz. In Valencia he executed several works commissioned by the public, and in 1743 he moved to Madrid. He joined the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he was appointed a meritorious academician in 1755. It is thought that he also spent some time working in Portugal. He taught drawing at the Academy until his death, and also worked for the Royal Stables of the Royal Palace. Although few signed works by his hand are known, Ismael Gutiérrez Pastor compiled a small catalogue of twenty-eight works that provide an insight into the personality of this painter, and also reconstructed his life from known and unpublished documents. Works by Isidoro de Tapia are currently held in the San Fernando Academy and other collections.
Setdart Auction House
Jan. 13, 2022
Attributed to ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, h. 1712 - active until 1771/77). Immaculate. Oil on copper.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Attributed to ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, ca. 1712 - act. until 1771/77). "Immaculate Conception. Oil on copper. Size: 9 x 8 cm; 19 x 17 cm (frame). Miniature in which we can observe the representation of the Immaculate perfectly framed within the Spanish 18th century, marked at stylistic level by the rococo, although at iconographic level it follows the models established in the baroque. We see Mary dressed in white and blue (symbols of purity and the concepts of truth and eternity, respectively), surrounded by child angels, standing on clouds. Medieval Christianity passionately debated the belief that Mary was conceived without stain of original sin. Some universities and corporations vowed to defend this privilege of the Mother of God, several centuries before the First Vatican Council defined the dogma of faith in 1854. At the end of the Middle Ages the need arose to give iconographic form to this idea, and the model of the Apocalyptic Woman of Saint John was taken, maintaining some elements and modifying others (the Apocalyptic Woman is pregnant, but not the Immaculate). The definitive image came to fruition in the 16th century, apparently in Spain. Following a Valencian tradition, the Jesuit Father Alberro had a vision of the Immaculate Conception and described it to the painter Juan de Juanes so that he could depict it as faithfully as possible. It is an evolved iconographic concept, sometimes associated with the theme of the Coronation of the Virgin. Mary is shown standing, dressed in a white tunic and blue cloak, her hands crossed on her chest, with the moon at her feet (in memory of Diana's chastity) and treading on the infernal serpent. Around her head, like a halo, she wears the twelve stars, symbolising fullness and alluding to the twelve tribes of Israel. Most of these images are accompanied in the painting by the Marian symbols of the litanies and psalms, such as the mystical rose, the palm tree, the cypress, the enclosed garden, the ark of Faith, the gate of Heaven, the ivory tower, the sun and moon, the sealed fountain, the cedar of Lebanon, the spotless mirror, the morning star, and so on. In Baroque painting, the background is usually celestial and populated with angels, as artists from the 17th century onwards faithfully maintained the iconographic type but dispensed with the symbols of the litanies or reduced them, incorporating them into the composition in a naturalistic manner, and sought greater dynamism and a sense of theatricality. According to Ceán Bermúdez, the Valencian painter Isidoro de Tapia trained with Evaristo Muñoz. In Valencia he executed several works commissioned by the public, and in 1743 he moved to Madrid. He joined the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he was appointed a meritorious academician in 1755. It is thought that he also spent some time working in Portugal. He taught drawing at the Academy until his death, and also worked for the Royal Stables of the Royal Palace. Although few signed works by his hand are known, Ismael Gutiérrez Pastor compiled a small catalogue of twenty-eight works that provide an insight into the personality of this painter, and also reconstructed his life from known and unpublished documents. Works by Isidoro de Tapia are currently held in the San Fernando Academy and other collections.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 20, 2018
ISIDORO DE TAPIA (1712-1778)
Est: €4,800 - €6,240
Inmaculada Óleo sobre lienzo 125x90
Subarna Subastas
Nov. 29, 2017
ISIDORO DE TAPIA (1712-1778)
Est: €4,800 - €6,240
Inmaculada Óleo sobre lienzo 125 x 90 cms.
Subarna Subastas
Oct. 26, 2017
ISIDORO DE TAPIA
Est: -
ISIDORO DE TAPIA (Valencia, 1712-Madrid, 1778). "Inmaculada", óleo sobre lienzo, 125x90 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Jun. 01, 2017
Isidoro de Tapia (Valencia, 1712 - Madrid, 1778)↵"Immaculate"↵Oil on canvas
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
Isidoro de Tapia (Valencia, 1712 - Madrid, 1778)↵"Immaculate"↵Oil on canvas.↵As is typical in the baroque and rococo periods, the Immaculate Virgin is presented in more naturalistic surroundings, surrounded by angels, and not accompanied by litanies, which are reduced or disappear. ↵According to Ceán Bermúdez, Isidoro de Tapia trained with Evaristo Muñoz, in 1743 he moved to Madrid where he was named among the order of merit of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1755. His training in the Valencian baroque tradition transformed when he moved to Madrid.↵He was a drawing teacher until he died and he worked for the Royal Stables at the Royal Palace. ↵The Academia de San Fernando keeps his work.↵The "Immaculate Conception" at the Monastery of Saint Placidus in Madrid is similar to this painting.↵Bibliography: Gutiérrez Pastor, Ismael: "Isidoro Tapia (hacia 1712-activo hasta 1771/1777), pintor rococó en la Academia de San Fernando de Madrid". Published by the Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, 2011.↵126 x 90 cm.
La Suite Subastas
Jan. 20, 2016
ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, c. 1712- active until 1771-1777), Dolorosa - ISIDORO TAPIA (Valencia, h. 1712- activo hasta 1771-1777) Dolorosa
Est: -
Firmado en la hoja del puñal "YSIDº TAPIA".
Isbilya Subastas