Museo Nacional del Prado - Madrid, Spain
N 40° 24.892 W 003° 41.538
30T E 441264 N 4474035
The Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century through the early 19th century.
Waymark Code: WM28GY
Location: Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Date Posted: 09/22/2007
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Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture, it also contains important collections of more than 5,000 drawings, 2,000 prints, 1,000 coins and medals, and almost 2,000 decorative objects and works of art. Sculpture is represented by more than 700 works and by a smaller number of sculptural fragments.
With over 8,600 paintings in the museum's collections, the museum's world class status is secured. The Prado has the world's finest collections of works by Spain's Diego Velázquez and Francisco Goya, as well as of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (a personal favorite of King Philip II of Spain). The museum has collections of El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, Raphael, Titian, Bartolomé Estéban Murillo. Fine examples of the works of Melozzo da Forlì, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Veronese, Hans Baldung, Fra Angelico, van der Weyden and many other notable artists are on display in the museum.
The best known work on display at the museum is Las Meninas by Velázquez. Velázquez not only provided the Prado with his own works, but his keen eye and sensibility was also responsible for bringing much of the museum's fine collection of Italian masters to Spain.
Name: Museo Nacional del Prado
Location:
Paseo del Prado s/n. 28014 Madrid
Phone Number: +34 91 330 28 00
Web Site: [Web Link]
Agency/Ownership: Public
Hours of operation:
From 9am to 8pm:
Tuesdays to Sundays and public holidays*
(closed on public holidays that fall on Mondays)
Admission Fee: €15.00
Gift Shop: yes
Cafe/Restaurant: yes
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