La Casa Profesa de los Jesuitas en Madrid y una serie de pinturas adquiridas por Carlos III

Abstract

This study deals with the reconstruction -both architectonic and pictorial- of the 17th-century Main House (Casa Profesa) and church of the Jesuits in Madrid, unfortunately destroyed during the 19th century due to the urban reforms carried out on the calle Mayor. Thanks to a series of paintings acquired by Carlos III following the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain (1767), it is possible to have an idea of the important works that once adorned this temple. The author locates and studies these paintings, all of them of artistic interest, since they are by major 17^th-century painters such as Luca Giordano, Murillo or Pedro Orrente, as well as 16th-century masters such as Andrea del Sarto or Gerolamo Muziano.