The Prado Museum - Illustrated Guide

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Автор: Pablo López de Osaba

Название: The Prado Museum - Illustrated Guide

Издательство: Cero Ocho Editions

Год: 1981

Формат: PDF

Страниц: 324

Язык: English

Размер: 36.8 MB

The Museo del Prado is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection, and unquestionably the best single collection of Spanish art. Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819, it also contains important collections of other types of works. El Prado is one of the most visited sites in the world, and is considered one the greatest museums of art in the world. The numerous works by Francisco de Goya, the single most extensively represented artist, as well as by Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens and Hieronymus Bosch are some of the highlights of the collection.