Museo del Prado
The Museo del Prado is a museum established on 19 November 1819, located in Madrid. It is one of the biggest and most important museums in the world. Its collection includes works of European artists, from the 12th to the 19th century. It was founded as a museum for paintings and sculptures, but also contains other types of works of art. The collections include many works of Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Titian and Peter Paul Rubens and Hieronymus Bosch. In 2012, about 2.8 million people visited the museum. Some of the most famous paintings in the museum include: Las Meninas, The Garden of Earthly Delights, The Third of May 1808, and La Maja Desnuda. The architects that constructed the museum are Rafael Moneo and Juan de Villanueva.[1]
Museo Del Prado Media
Statue of Diego Velázquez by Aniceto Marinas (1899), dominating the Velázquez entrance.
The cafeteria in the underground extension by Rafael Moneo
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, between 1480 and 1505
- Las Meninas, by Diego Velázquez, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg
Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, between 1656 and 1657
- La Anunciación, de Fra Angelico.jpg
Fra Angelico, Annunciation, 1430–32
- The Triumph of Death P001393.jpg
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Triumph of Death, c. 1562
- La adoración de los Reyes Magos (Rubens, Prado).jpg
Peter Paul Rubens, The Adoration of the Magi, 1609/1628–1629
References
- ↑ (in Spanish) "El Prado perderá un cuarto de sus visitantes" El País. Retrieved 28 June 2013.