Alba Collection Borrows and Cleans Duke of Pastrana's Painting

October 2 2025

Image of Alba Collection Borrows and Cleans Duke of Pastrana's Painting

Picture: vanitatis.elconfidencial.es

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

News from Spain that the Casa de Alba Foundation in Madrid have restored and put on display the Duke of Pastrana's double portrait of María Enríquez de Toledo, the III Duchess of Alba and her husband Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel. It appears that the picture has been catalogued simply as 'Spanish School' for the time being. The display is part of a new collaborative project to highlight paintings from private collections not usually accessible to the public. The Pastrana painting has been placed alongside Rubens' double portrait of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal from the Alba collection.


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