14 Masterpieces in Del Prado Museum in Madrid

Artemis

Author : Rembrandt Harmensz, van Rijn

Offering by Orestes and Pylades (San Ildefonso Group)

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Self-portrait


The Immaculate Conception

Author : Tiepolo, Giambattista

Descent from the Cross

Author : Weyden, Roger van der

The Three Graces

Author : Rubens, Peter Paul

The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid: the executions on Principe Pio hill

Author : Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest

Author : El Greco

Self-portrait

Author : Dürer, Albrecht

The Family of Felipe IV, or Las Meninas

Author : Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Author : Bosch, Hieronymus

The Cardinal

Author : Raphael

Jacob’s Dream

Author : Ribera, José de

The Annunciation

Author : Angelico, Fra

More Information: Prado Museum Madrid
Source:
http://www.museodelprado.es

Websites of the Museums in Madrid

Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
Museo de América
Museo Arqueológico
Museo de Calcografía Nacional
Museo Casa de la Moneda
Museo de Cera
Museo Cerralbo
Museo del Ejército
Museo del Ejército del Aire. Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica
Museo del Ferrocarril
Museo Geominero
Museo Lázaro Galdiano
Museo de Mineralogía
Museo Nacional de Antropología
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Museo Nacional de Reproducciones Artísticas
Museo Naval
Museo Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Museo Postal y Telegráfico
Museo del Prado
Museo Romántico
Museo de Sanidad e Higiene Pública
Museo Sorolla
Museo Taurino
Museo de las Telecomunicaciones
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Museo Tiflológico de la ONCE
Museo del Traje
Observatorio Astronómico Nacional
Real Fabrica de Tapices
Real Monasterio de La Encarnación

Thyssen Bornemisza Museum Madrid

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum opened its doors to the public on October 10th, 1992 and was acquired by the Spanish state for $350 million in 1993. It is one of the three museums, the Prado and Reina Sofia being the other 2, that form the “Golden Art Triangle” of Madrid. At around the time of its opening the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection was considered one of the finest private art collections in the world. Even today few other world cities could boast a better collection than this.

Duccio, Van Eyck, Carpaccio, Kandinsky, Lucas Cranach, Dürer, Caravaggio, Rubens, Frans Hals, Titian, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, Kirchner, Picasso, Mondrian, Klee, Hopper, Rauschenberg, to name but a few are amongst the great artists you will find at the museum. The museum is structured in such a way that you can actually take a journey through art, from its 13th Century till the last decades of the 20th Century.

As the Thyssen press release says: “You can follow the progress of art from Italian Primitives, with Duccio as the main example, until the latest Surrealism and the development of the Pop sensibility in the Sixties, together with the most important painters of the Figurative current of our times.” The museum has an unique collection of American Nineteenth Century Painting, practically unknown in Europe and shown in two rooms of the Museum.

Shortly the museum will be opening a new extension, which will add an extra 50% of museum space to the Thyssen- Bornemisza. Highlights from the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza collection include: The Garden of Eden, by Jan Brueghel the Elder; The Porta Portello, by Canaletto; Portrait of a young Woman, by Fragonard; The Lock, by Constable; Christ and the Magdalen, by Rodin; Cabbage Field, Pontoise, by Pissarro; Corn Field, by Renoir; Race Horses in a Landscape, by Degas, Charing Cross Bridge, by Monet, Allées et venues, Martinique, and Mata Mua (Once upon a time), by Gauguin; The Ludwigskirche in Munich by Kandinsky; House in Dangast (The White House), by Heckel; The Harvesters, by Picasso; and Seated Woman, by Juan Gris.

The museum itself was first constructed in 1760 and over the years architects included Silvestre Pérez and Antonio López in 1783 and 1805 respectively. However, much of what we currently see was remdolled by Rafael Moneo.

More information: Thyssen Museum website
Entrance: from 3.00 - 4.8 Euros
Address: Paseo Prado, 8
Metro: Banco de España
Telephone: 91 369 01 51
Opening Times: Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m - 7p.m.

Reina Sofia Museum Madrid

The Museo Reina Sofia, an autonomous organization dependent on the Spanish Ministry of Culture, was created by Royal Decree 535/88 of May 1988. With headquarters in San Carlos Hospital, its Collection was made up of that conserved at the time by the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art. On 10 September 1992, their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia inaugurated the Permanent Collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, which until then had only held temporary exhibitions. Now a bona fide museum, its goals – as set forth in the abovementioned decree – were to conserve, expand and exhibit its collections; to promote the general public’s knowledge of and access to contemporary art in its various manifestations; to hold exhibitions at the international level, and to offer training, educational and assesment activities related with its holdings.

Throughout all of these years, the Museo Reina Sofia has been increasing its collections, temporary exhibits, audiovisual and educational activities, services and number of visitors, what led those in charge of the institution to undertake studies on the possibility of increasing surface space, which brought about in 2001 with the construction of the new building by Jean Nouvel, opened in September of 2005. In this way the Museum responded not only to its proposed needs, but also to a clear call to transform the neighborhood’s surrounding environment. By creating a public square – as set forth in the building code of the new buildings and the southwest facade of the current Museum – a space in the city and for the city was created.

The Museum has increased more than 60% of the old building’s surface area (51,297 square meters), now reaching 84,048 square meters. Thus, the Museo Reina Sofia now disposes of a privileged exhibition space.

More Information :

Website:Reina Sofia Museum

Prado Museum Madrid

The Prado museum in Madrid is Spain's largest and most famous art museum. You need at least a day to do this very impressive art gallery justice. Visitors will find art works from all the great Spanish artists here. Set in one of Madrid's most attractive districts in the wide, leafy Paseo del Prado, the museum is a magnificent building. The Prado also has a specialised library which researchers can use free of charge. The library has 45.196 volumes, and around 66 magazine titles and over 50 studying points. Loans are not permitted, and researchers who want to use this facility are required to send a letter of application prior to their visit, stating the dates they would like to use the library, why they wish to do so and the subject of their research.

Useful information:
Tel.: 91 330 28 00
Fax.: 91 330 28 56
Correo electrónico:museo.nacional@prado.mcu.es
Internet: http://museoprado.mcu.es

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday: 9.00 -19.00 h
24th, 31st December and 6th January: 9.00 - 14.00 h
Closed on Mondays, 1st January, Good Friday, 1st May and 25th December

Transport:
Metro: Banco de España y Atocha stations
Buses: 9, 10, 14, 19, 27, 34, 37 y 45
Nearest rail station: Atocha (walking distance)

Price: 6 € full-price; 3 € reduced price. Children (under 18 yrs), adults over 65 and unemployed enter free of charge.
On Sundays, and on 18th May, 12th October and 6th December, entrance is free for all visitors.

More Information:
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