El nacimiento de la Vía Láctea, Rubens Dimensions (inches):25 x 34" The sunset sky is painted

The sunset sky is painted with a warm color palette

Sorolla transforms this intimate family moment into a composition of great elegance and balance

in contrast to the deep earth tones of the rocks

como el puente de piedra

appears to be slightly earlier or contemporary to The Birth of Venus

El nacimiento de la Vía Láctea, Rubens Dimensions (inches):25 x 34" The sunset sky is paintedCanvas commissioned by Philip IV for the decoration of his recreational house in El Pardo, Madrid. It features characters from Roman mythology; the story aims to explain the origin of our Milky Way, which arose from milk scattered across space, that one day the goddess Juno gave to her baby Hercules, also a son of Jupiter, who appears thoughtful on the left.