![Fray Jaun Bautista Maino - The Recovery of Bahia de Todos los Santos [1634-35] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vNXI0dKxaxKJWWc1-siqoHNWGHMFN0rauXs-7eP-F690LT8Z3fWn7nhpr1mwqw05f3XgccGDd3ouoOJShAXVFUPlTehJhNG1jARLCkturoO910KledmrPhZQw2kJG-=s0-d)
Fray Jaun Bautista Maino - The Recovery of Bahia de Todos los Santos [1634-35], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
The painting is divided into two parts and depicts the aftermath of battle, juxtaposing the coronation of the victors with the suffering of the victims. Maíno (Pastrana, 1581 - Madrid, 1641) recreates the moment immediately after the battle in which Don Fadrique de Toledo recovered the holding of Bahía of Todos los Santos in Brazil for Spain on 1 May 1625. There are several symbolic elements in the picture. For example, King Philip IV is trampling on some corpses which symbolise the enemies of the Spanish monarchy: heresy, wrath and deceit. The woman surrounded by children may represent the victims of the battle, comforted by Christian charity. It was painted for the Buen Retiro palace, where it remained until it was taken to France. It was returned to Spain in 1815 and housed in the Royal Academy of San Fernando until 1827, when it came to the Prado.
[Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 309 x 381 cm]
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