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The Museo del Prado (/ ˈ p r ɑː d oʊ / PRAH-doh; Spanish pronunciation: [muˈseo ðel ˈpɾaðo]), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid.
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Oak panel, 101 cm x 47 cm. Museo del Prado. The woman in this panel can be identified as Saint Barbara from the tower visible beyond the open window to her top left. A popular saint in the Middle Ages, she was a Christian martyr believed to have lived in the 3rd century.
Nevertheless, his undisputed masterpiece is the Prado Museum, projected in 1785 and 1787. [citation needed] It was constructed as a Museum of Natural History, a School of Natural History, and an auditorium for conferences and lectures. It was transformed into the Museum of Art in 1814, and today it is also known as Edificio Villanueva.
Oil on canvas (297 x 357 cm), Museo Nacional del Prado. The Relief of Brisach by Jusepe Leonardo. Oil on canvas (304 x 360 cm), Museo Nacional del Prado. The relief of the Plaza de Constanza, Vicente Carducho. Oil on canvas (297 x 374 cm), Museo Nacional del Prado. The recovery of the island of Puerto Rico by Don Juan de Haro, Eugenio Cajés ...
The Prado said in a statement the work titled “Ecce Homo” (Latin for Behold The Man) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio will go on display from May 27 until October as a sp Spain's Prado ...
Having been a royal museum (Museo real de pinturas), [18] the Prado was nationalised in 1868 as a consequence of the deposition of Queen Isabella II. Although the First Spanish Republic of the 1870s was of short duration and Spain returned to being a monarchy, the collection has remained a national rather than a royal collection.